iron

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[edit] English

A pot of melted raw iron.
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[edit] Etymology 1

The position of the element iron in the periodic table, and its structure.

Middle English iren, a rhotacism of Old English īsern, īsærn, īren, īsen, from Proto-Germanic *īsarnan (compare Dutch ijzer, German Eisen, Danish jern), from Gaulish isarno, from Proto-Celtic *eisarno (compare Welsh haearn, Irish iarann), from Proto-Indo-European *ésh₂r̥ (“blood”) (compare Hittite ēshar, gen. ēs(h)nas, Old Latin aser, assyr, Tocharian A ysār/yasar, Latvian asino, Ancient Greek éas, Old Armenian արիւն (ariwn), Sanskrit ásṛk, gen. asnás).[1][2] The sense development runs from 'blood' to 'blood red' to 'ruddy metal'.

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Chemical element
Fe Previous: manganese (Mn)
Next: cobalt (Co)

Metathesized or syncopated from original IPA: /ˈaɪrən/.

[edit] Noun

iron (countable and uncountable; plural irons)

An electric clothes iron.
  1. (uncountable) A metallic chemical element having atomic number 26, and symbol Fe.
  2. (countable) 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.
  3. (usually plural, irons) shackles.
  4. (slang) A handgun.
  5. (uncountable) A dark shade of the colour/color silver.
  6. (Cockney rhyming slang, shortened from iron hoof, rhyming with poof; countable, offensive) A male homosexual.
  7. (golf) A golf club used for middle-distance shots.
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PARTS OR MEMBERS OF   metallic chemical element
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  • (metallic chemical element): molecule (sometimes)
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  • (tool for pressing clothing): mangle
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See also
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terms derived from noun "iron"
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element
for pressing clothes
shackles — see shackles
shade of the colour silver
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  1. ^ Donald A. Ringe, From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (Oxford: Oxford, 2006), 296.
  2. ^ J.P. Mallory and Donald Q. Adams, Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture, s.v. "blood" (London: Fitzroy Dearborn, 1999).

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iron (comparative more iron, superlative most iron)

  1. (not comparable) Made of the metal iron.
  2. (figuratively) Strong (as of will), inflexible.
    She had an iron will.
    He held on with an iron grip.
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  • (made of the metal iron): wrought-iron,
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terms derived from adjective "iron"
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made of iron
strong, inflexible

[edit] Etymology 3

An extension of Etymology 1.

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iron (third-person singular simple present irons, present participle ironing, simple past and past participle ironed)

  1. (transitive) To pass an iron over (clothing or some other item made of cloth) in order to remove creases.
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  • (to pass an iron over): press
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  • (to pass an iron over): mangle
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to pass an iron over clothing

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iron (kanji 異論, hiragana いろん)

  1. objection, differing opinion
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