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      iron
      noun
      (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.
      (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.
      (uncountable, countable, metallurgy) Any material, not a steel, predominantly made of elemental iron.
      (usually in the plural, irons) Shackles.
      (slang) A firearm, either a long gun or a handgun.
      (golf) A golf club used for middle-distance shots.
      (uncountable, figurative) Used as a symbol of great strength or toughness, or to signify a very strong or tough material.
      (weightlifting) Weight used as resistance for the purpose of strength training.
      Any of several other tools traditionally made of wrought iron, now usually of steel.
      (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.
      A safety curtain in a theatre.
      (military, slang) A dumb bomb, one without guidance systems.
      (uncountable) A dark shade of the color silver.
      (countable, Cockney rhyming slang, offensive, shortened from iron hoof, rhyming with poof) A male homosexual.
      The 57th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.
      A group of Ossetians of the northern Caucasus who speak the Iron Ossetian dialect.
      verb
      (transitive) To pass an iron over (clothing or some other item made of cloth) in order to remove creases.
      (intransitive) To engage in such pressing of clothing.
      (transitive) To furnish, clad, or arm with iron.
      (transitive, archaic) To shackle with irons; to fetter or handcuff.
      adjective
      (not comparable) Made of the metal iron.
      (figuratively) Strong (as of will), inflexible.
      Of or pertaining to the Iron people.
      Synonyms for iron
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      Words related to iron
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