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IRON

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Home appliance consisting of a flat metal base that is heated and used to smooth cloth

Synonyms:

iron; smoothing iron

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

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

home appliance; household appliance (an appliance that does a particular job in the home)

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

flatiron (an iron that was heated by placing it on a stove)

gauffer; gauffering iron; goffer; goffering iron (an iron used to press pleats and ridges)

steam iron (a pressing iron that can emit steam)

travel iron (a small lightweight iron that can be carried while traveling)

Derivation:

iron (press and smooth with a heated iron)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A golf club that has a relatively narrow metal head

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

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

club; golf-club; golf club; golfclub (golf equipment used by a golfer to hit a golf ball)

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

wedge ((golf) an iron with considerable loft and a broad sole)

short iron (an iron with a short shaft and pitched face; for hitting short high shots)

putter; putting iron (the iron normally used on the putting green)

niblick; nine iron (an iron with considerable loft)

midiron; two iron (long iron with a nearly vertical face)

mashie niblick; seven iron (iron with a lofted face for hitting high shots to the green)

five iron; mashie (middle-distance iron)

long iron (an iron with a long shaft and a steep face; for hitting long low shots)

driving iron; one iron ((golf) the long iron with the most nearly vertical face)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Implement used to brand live stock

Synonyms:

branding iron; iron

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

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

implement (instrumentation (a piece of equipment or tool) used to effect an end)

Sense 4

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

atomic number 26; Fe; iron

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

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

metal; metallic element (any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be formed into sheets etc.)

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

structural iron (iron that has been cast or worked in structural shapes)

scrap iron (iron to be melted again and reworked)

pig iron (crude iron tapped from a blast furnace)

galvanized iron (iron that is coated with zinc to protect it from rust)

wrought iron (iron having a low carbon content that is tough and malleable and so can be forged and welded)

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

ingot iron (iron of high purity)

delta iron (an allotrope of iron that is stable between 1403 degrees centigrade and the melting point (= 1532 degrees))

gamma iron (a nonmagnetic allotrope of iron that is the basis of austenite; stable between 906 and 1403 degrees centigrade)

beta iron (an allotrope of iron that is the same as alpha iron except that it is nonmagnetic; stable between 768 and 906 degrees centigrade)

alpha iron (a magnetic allotrope of iron; stable below 906 degrees centigrade)

Holonyms ("iron" is a substance of...):

steel (an alloy of iron with small amounts of carbon; widely used in construction; mechanical properties can be varied over a wide range)

iron ore (an ore from which iron can be extracted)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Extremely robust

Example:

an iron constitution

Synonyms:

cast-iron; iron

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

robust (sturdy and strong in form, constitution, or construction)

 III. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Press and smooth with a heated iron

Example:

she stood there ironing

Synonyms:

iron; iron out; press

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "iron" is one way to...):

press (place between two surfaces and apply weight or pressure)

"Iron" entails doing...:

heat; heat up (make hot or hotter)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "iron"):

mangle (press with a mangle)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Sentence example:

They iron the cape

Derivation:

iron (home appliance consisting of a flat metal base that is heated and used to smooth cloth)

ironing (the work of using heat to smooth washed clothes in order to remove any wrinkles)

ironing (garments (clothes or linens) that are to be (or have been) ironed)

Credits

 Context examples: 

This task consisted of ironing all the unstarched portions of the shirts.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

“There are no signs here, but the ground is iron hard, and one would not expect them. I see that these candles in the mantelpiece have been lighted.”

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The next thing he demanded was one of the hollow iron pillars; by which he meant my pocket pistols.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

There was a sudden rush and a scuffle, followed by the clash of iron and a cry of pain.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Then with his lens he tested the hinges, but they were of solid iron, built firmly into the massive masonry.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Iron Hans came, and already knew what had happened.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

She placed a bar of iron in the middle of the kitchen floor, and then by her magic arts made the iron invisible to human eyes.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

A dark orange, yellow pigment that is the product of the breakdown of iron in the blood; it is conjugated in the liver and excreted in the bile.

(Bilirubin, NCI Thesaurus)

The blind man clung close to me, holding me in one iron fist and leaning almost more of his weight on me than I could carry.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

The English are excellent at a flat-iron or a kitchen poker, but anything more delicate is beyond them.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)