WROUGHT IRON

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Iron having a low carbon content that is tough and malleable and so can be forged and welded

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Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("wrought 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 "wrought iron"):

pig iron (crude iron tapped from a blast furnace)

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

Swedish iron (wrought iron of high purity made in Sweden)

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