iron
1. a heavy ductile magnetic metallic element;
is silver-white in pure form but readily rusts;
used in construction and tools and armament;
plays a role in the transport of oxygen by the blood (Freq. 15)
• Syn:
Fe, atomic number 26
• Hypernyms:
metallic element, metal
• Hyponyms:
alpha iron, beta iron, gamma iron, delta iron, ingot iron,
cast iron, wrought iron, galvanized iron, pig iron, scrap iron, structural iron
• Substance Holonyms:
steel, iron ore
2. a golf club that has a relatively narrow metal head (Freq. 2)
• Hypernyms:
golf club, golf-club, club
• Hyponyms:
driving iron, one iron, long iron, mashie, five iron,
mashie niblick, seven iron, midiron, two iron, niblick, nine iron,
putter, putting iron, short iron, wedge
3. implement used to brand live stock
• Syn:
branding iron
• Hypernyms:
implement
4. home appliance consisting of a flat metal base that is heated and used to smooth cloth
• Syn:
smoothing iron
• Hypernyms:
home appliance, household appliance
• Hyponyms:
flatiron, goffer, gauffer, goffering iron, gauffering iron,
steam iron, travel iron
press and smooth with a heated iron (Freq. 2)
- press your shirts
- she stood there ironing
• Syn:
iron out, press
• Derivationally related forms:
ironing
• Hypernyms:
press
• Hyponyms:
mangle
• Entailment:
heat, heat up
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
- They iron the cape
extremely robust (Freq. 2)
- an iron constitution
• Syn:
cast-iron
• Similar to:
robust
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