iron
see also: Iron
Etymology
Iron
Etymology 1
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see also: Iron
Etymology
From Middle English iren, from Old English īsern, īsærn, īren, īsen, from Proto-West Germanic *īsarn, from Proto-Germanic *īsarną, from Proto-Celtic *īsarnom, a derivation from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésh₂r̥.
Pronunciation- (RP) IPA: /ˈaɪən/
- (America) enPR: ī'ərn, IPA: /ˈaɪ(ə)ɹn/
- (dialectal, Canada, Scotland, Ireland) IPA: /ˈaɪɹən/
iron
(uncountable) A common, inexpensive metal, silvery grey when untarnished, that rusts, is attracted by magnets, and is used in making steel: a chemical element having atomic number 26 and symbol Fe. - Synonyms: ferrum
- (uncountable, countable, metallurgy) Any material, not a steel, predominantly made of elemental iron.
- wrought iron, ductile iron, cast iron, pig iron, gray iron
(countable) A tool or appliance made of metal, which is heated and then used to transfer heat to something else; most often a thick piece of metal fitted with a handle and having a flat, roughly triangular bottom, which is heated and used to press wrinkles from clothing, and now usually containing an electrical heating apparatus. - Synonyms: clothes iron, flatiron, smoothing iron
- Hyponyms: box iron, charcoal iron, steam iron
- Coordinate terms: clothes press, mangle
- (usually, in the plural, irons) Shackles.
- Hyponym: leg irons
- (slang) A firearm, either a long gun or a handgun.
- Synonyms: shooting iron
- (uncountable) A dark shade of the color silver.
- (countable, Cockney rhyming slang, offensive, shortened from iron hoof, rhyming with poof) A male homosexual.
- Synonyms: poof, queer, Thesaurus:male homosexual
- (golf) A golf club used for middle-distance shots.
- Hyponyms: driving iron, long iron, short iron, 1-iron, 2-iron, 3-iron, 4-iron, 5-iron, 6-iron, 7-iron, 8-iron, 9-iron
- 1902, Robert Marshall Grade, The Haunted Major:
- The brassey much resembled the driver, but the iron opened out quite a new field of practice; […]
(uncountable, figurative) Used as a symbol of great strength or toughness, or to signify a very strong or tough material. - ironman; a will of iron
- He appeared easygoing, but inside he was pure iron.
- (weightlifting) Weight used as resistance for the purpose of strength training.
- He lifts iron on the weekends.
- (countable, astronomy, geology) A meteorite consisting primarily of metallic iron (mixed with a small amount of nickel), as opposed to one composed mainly of stony material.
- Irons and stony irons can be much larger than stony meteorites and are much more visually striking, but make up only a few percent of all meteorites.
- A safety curtain in a theatre.
- (military, slang) Dumb bombs, those without guidance systems.
iron (not comparable)
- (not comparable) Made of the metal iron.
- (figuratively) Strong (as of will), inflexible.
- Synonyms: adamant, adamantine, brassbound
- She had an iron will.
- He held on with an iron grip.
- an iron constitution
- Iron men
- 1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XIV, in Romance and Reality. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC ↗, page 201 ↗:
- […] the fruit-garden, where every tree and walk had a remembrance—those iron links of affection.
- French: de fer
- German: eisern
- Italian: ferreo, ferroso, ferrico
- Portuguese: de ferro, férreo
- Russian: желе́зный
- Spanish: férreo
iron (irons, present participle ironing; simple past and past participle ironed)
- (transitive) To pass an iron over (clothing or some other item made of cloth) in order to remove creases.
- You'd be wise to iron that shirt before you wear it.
- (intransitive) To engage in such pressing of clothing.
- They were washing and ironing all morning.
- (transitive, archaic) To shackle with irons; to fetter or handcuff.
- (transitive) To furnish, clad, or arm with iron.
- to iron a wagon
- (to pass an iron over) press
- French: repasser
- German: bügeln
- Italian: stirare
- Portuguese: passar, passar a ferro, engomar
- Russian: гла́дить
- Spanish: planchar
- German: in Eisen legen
- Russian: зако́вывать
- Russian: покрыва́ть
Iron
Etymology 1
Translation of the Arabic حديد (ḥadīd, “iron”).
Proper noun Etymology 2From Ossetic Ирон, a derivation (with the adjective suffix Ossetic -он from the historical genitive plural iir-pro *-ānaHam) of Ossetic Ир.
Proper noun- A group of Ossetians of the northern Caucasus who speak the Iron Ossetian dialect.
iron (not comparable)
- Of or pertaining to the Iron people.
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