Word Finder - iron

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A common, inexpensive metal, silvery grey when untarnished, that rusts, is attracted by magnets, and is used in making steel.

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A metallic chemical element having atomic number 26 and symbol Fe.

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Any material, not a steel, predominantly made of elemental iron.

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wrought iron, ductile iron, cast iron, pig iron, gray iron

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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.

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(usually plural, irons) Shackles.

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A firearm, either a long gun or a handgun.

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A dark shade of the colour/color silver.

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(shortened from iron hoof, rhyming with poof; countable) A male homosexual.

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A golf club used for middle-distance shots.

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Used as a symbol of great strength or toughness, or to signify a very strong or tough material.

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He appeared easygoing, but inside he was pure iron.

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Weight used as resistance for the purpose of strength training.

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He lifts iron on the weekends.

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A safety curtain in a theatre.

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Dumb bombs, those without guidance systems.

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To pass an iron over (clothing or some other item made of cloth) in order to remove creases.

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To shackle with irons; to fetter or handcuff.

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To furnish or arm with iron.

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to iron a wagon

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Made of the metal iron.

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Strong (as of will), inflexible.

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He held on with an iron grip.

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• adamant
• adamantine
• brassbound

From a bar of iron he made four horseshoes.

Getting the iron hot was no easy feat.

Her hand fell from the lever that opened the heavy iron door.

The windows were open with no glass, and heavy iron chandeliers hung from thick wooden rafters and were burning real candles.

The iron wall was open in front of Sirian's cell.

Butter is the principal export, and petroleum, coal and iron the imports.

What Cardiff lacks is a corresponding import trade, for its imports in 1906 amounted to only 2,108,133 tons, of which the chief items were iron ore (8 9 5,610 tons), pit-wood (303,407), grain and flour (298,197).

Vara hurried to close the iron door while Hilden rushed to the cell holding Memon.

Limestone, iron and coal are also found.

Iron is mainly mined in Elba.

The Coptic patriarch uses an iron cross-staff.

Iron, worked by the tribe of the Kouis, is found in the mountainous region.

She tried to step around him, but he stopped her with an iron grip on her arm.

The iron mills are almost all in the vicinity of Wheeling.

Immediately outside the city limits in 1905 there were many large manufactories, including the repair shops of the Southern railroad; iron and steel, car wheels and cotton-oil were among the products of the suburban factories.

In this case both collars of cast iron are loose.

This iron is considered by several of the first authorities"on the subject to be of meteoric origin,' but no evidence hitherto given seems to prove decisively that it cannot be telluric. That the nodules found were lying on gneissic rock, with no basaltic rocks in the neighbourhood, does not prove that the iron may not originate from basalt, for the nodules may have been transported by the glaciers, like other erratic blocks, and will stand erosion much longer than the basalt, which may long ago have disappeared.

This iron seems, however, in several respects to be unlike the celebrated large nodules of iron found by Nordenskiold at Ovifak, but appears to resemble much more closely the softer kind of iron nodules found by Steenstrup in the basalt;' it stands exposure to the air equally well, and has similar Widmannstaten figures very sharp, as is to be expected in such a large mass.

Coal was brought down from the hills on the backs of mules, and iron carried in two-ton wagons.

The commercial greatness of Cardiff is due to the vast coal and iron deposits of the country drained by the Taff and Rhymney, between whose outlets the town is situated.

The total exports of the Cardiff docks in 1906 amounted to 8,767,502 tons, of which 8, 433, 629 tons were coal, coke and patent fuel, 151,912 were iron and steel and their manufactures, and 181,076 tons of general merchandise.

In 1888 the Dowlais Iron Company (now Messrs Guest, Keen & Nettlefold, Ltd.) acquired here some ninety acres on which were built four blast furnaces and six Siemens' smelting furnaces.

Minnesota ranked first among the states in 1902 in the production of iron ore.

Since that date the development of iron mining in Minnesota has been remarkable, and the increase both in volume and value of the output has been practically uninterrupted.

The putrefaction of the latter sets free sulphuretted hydrogen, which then acts on the iron compounds, precipitating ferrous sulphide.

Zinc is commonly deposited by electrolysis on iron or steel goods which would ordinarily be "galvanized," but which for any reason may not conveniently be treated by the method of immersion in fused zinc. The zinc cyanide bath may be used for small objects, but for heavy goods the sulphate bath is employed.

She tugged the heavy door open by its old iron handle and gazed into a large square of grass, a courtyard, around which many similar rooms with heavy doors were arranged.

Lowering the heavy cast iron frying pan into the sink, she filled it with water and left it to soak.

She put the last of the dishes in the dishwasher and ran water in the sink to wash the iron skillet and wooden handled spatula.

A large number of cotton mills furnish the chief source of industry; printing, dyeing and bleaching of cotton and calico, spinning and weaving machine making, iron and steel works, and collieries in the neighbourhood, are also important.

The industries of the town include manufactures of cotton, silk, earthenware, machinery and tobacco, with brass and iron founding; while slate and stone are quarried, and there are coal, iron and lead mines in the neighbourhood.

Birmingham, situated in an immensely rich iron, coal and limestone region, is the principal manufacturing centre in the state, and the most important centre for the production and manufacture of iron in the southern states.

In Jefferson county there were in 1900 more than 300 mining and manufacturing establishments, engaged, chiefly, in the production of iron, coal and coke, and a majority of these are in Birmingham and its suburban towns.

These natural advantages make possible the production of pig iron at an unusually low cost.

In 1900 the Birmingham district produced six-sevenths of the total pig iron exported from the United States, and in 1902 nine-tenths of Alabama's coal, coke and pig iron; in 1905 Jefferson county produced 67.5% of the total iron and steel product of the state, and 62.5% of the pig iron produced by the state.

Iron and coal are probably abundant, and silverlead, copper and antimony are believed to exist.

Deposits of copper, tin, iron and tungsten have been discovered, and a variety of other mineral products (graphite, mica, spodumene, coal, petroleum, &c.).

They usually take the form of cast iron open stoves fitted with a number of Bunsen burners which heat perforated lumps of asbestos.

The materials mixed with the iron borings cause them to rust into a solid mass, and in doing so a slight expansion takes place.

Suitable proportions of materials to form a rust joint are 90 parts by weight of iron borings well mixed with 2 parts of flowers of sulphur, and I part of powdered sal-ammoniac. Another joint, less rigid but sound and durable, is made with yarn and white and red lead.

With wrought iron pipes bends may be arranged, as shown in fig.

Direct radiators are a development of the early coil of pipe; they are made in various types and designs and are usually of cast iron.

A notable feature of modern boiler construction is the mode of building the apparatus of cast iron in either horizontal or vertical sections.

Should a defect occur with a wrought iron boiler it is usually necessary for the purpose of repair to disconnect and remove the whole apparatus, the heating system of which it forms a part being in the meantime useless.

A water pipe of copper or wrought iron is passed through a cylinder in which gas or oil heating burners are placed.

The first puddling works were opened in 1839, and Troy was long the centre of the New York iron and steel industry; in 1865 the second Bessemer steel works in the United States were opened here.

The import trade shows the largest totals in foodstuffs, wines and liquors, textiles and raw materials for their manufacture, wood and its manufactures, iron and its manufactures, paper and cardboard, glass and ceramic wares.

Coal.The principal mines of France are coal and iron mines.

Iron.The iron-mines of France are more numerous than its coalmines, but they do not yield a sufficient quantity of ore for the needs of the metallurgical industries of the country; as will be seen in the table below the production of iron in France gradually increased during the 19th century; on the other hand, a decline in prices operated against a correspondingly marked increase in its annual value.

Metallurgy.The average production and value of iron and steel manufactured in France in the last four decades of the I 9th century is shown below Cast Iron.