IRON MAIDEN

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Instrument of torture consisting of a hollow iron frame shaped like the human body and lined with spikes to impale the victim

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Nouns denoting man-made objects

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

instrument of torture (an instrument of punishment designed and used to inflict torture on the condemned person)

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