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CAST IRON

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

An alloy of iron containing so much carbon that it is brittle and so cannot be wrought but must be shaped by casting

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Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("cast iron" is a kind of...):

atomic number 26; Fe; iron (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)

Meronyms (substance of "cast iron"):

pearlite (a lamellar mixture of cementite and ferrite formed during the cooling of austenite; a constituent of steel and cast iron)

pig iron (crude iron tapped from a blast furnace)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cast iron"):

alloy cast iron; alloy iron (cast iron containing alloying elements (usually nickel or chromium or copper or molybdenum) to increase the strength or facilitate heat treatment)

pot metal (cast iron used for making cooking wares)

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