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Definition iron

Etymology

From Middle English iren, from Old English ?sern, ?særn, ?ren, ?sen, from Proto-Germanic *?sarn? (compare Dutch ijzer, West Frisian izer, German Eisen, Danish jern), from Gaulish ?sarno-, from Proto-Celtic *?sarnom (compare Welsh haearn, Irish iarann), a derivation from Proto-Indo-European *h?ésh?r? (“blood”) (compare Hittite ??? (?š?ar), Tocharian A ys?r, Latvian asinis, Ancient Greek ??? (éar), Old Armenian ????? (ariwn), Sanskrit ????? (as?j)). The sense development runs from 'bloody' to 'blood red' to 'ruddy metal'.

Noun

iron (countable and uncountable, plural irons)

1. (uncountable) A common, inexpensive metal, often black in color, that rusts, is attracted by magnets, and is used in making steel.
2. (uncountable, physics, chemistry, metallurgy) A metallic chemical element having atomic number 26 and symbol Fe.
3. (uncountable, countable, metallurgy) Any material, not a steel, predominantly made of elemental iron.
4. (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.
5. (usually plural, irons) Shackles.
6. (slang) A handgun.
7. (uncountable) A dark shade of the colour/color silver.
8. (Cockney rhyming slang, shortened from iron hoof, rhyming with poof; countable, offensive) A male homosexual.
9. (golf) A golf club used for middle-distance shots.
10. (uncountable) Great strength or power.
11. (weightlifting) Weight used as resistance for the purpose of strength training.
12. A safety curtain in a theatre.
13. (military, slang) Dumb bombs, those without guidance systems.

Adjective

iron (not comparable)

1. (not comparable) Made of the metal iron.
2. (figuratively) Strong (as of will), inflexible.

Verb

iron (third-person singular simple present irons, present participle ironing, simple past and past participle ironed)

1. (transitive) To pass an iron over (clothing or some other item made of cloth) in order to remove creases.
2. (transitive, archaic) To shackle with irons; to fetter or handcuff.
3. (transitive) To furnish or arm with iron.

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