Meaning

14 senses
  1. (uncountable)A common, inexpensive metal, silvery grey when untarnished, that rusts, is attracted by magnets, and is used in making steel: a chemical element having atomic number 26 and symbol Fe.

    Today we studied about metals — including iron — at school.

    Eisen

    желе́зоželézo, фе́ррумférrum

    залі́зоzalízo

  2. (countable, uncountable)Any material, not a steel, predominantly made of elemental iron.

  3. (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.

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

  4. (countable, uncountable)Any of several other tools traditionally made of wrought iron, now usually of steel.

  5. (countable, usually plural, uncountable)Shackles.

  6. (countable, slang, uncountable)A firearm, either a long gun or a handgun.

    It's many niggas now totin' iron.

  7. (uncountable)A dark shade of the color silver.

  8. (Cockney, countable, offensive, slang)A male homosexual.

  9. (countable, uncountable)A golf club used for middle-distance shots.

    Eisen

    a golf club that has a relatively narrow metal head

  10. (figuratively, uncountable)Used as a symbol of great strength or toughness, or to signify a very strong or tough material.

    ironman; a will of iron

    He appeared easygoing, but inside he was pure iron.

  11. (countable, uncountable)Weight used as resistance for the purpose of strength training.

    He lifts iron on the weekends.

  12. (countable)A meteorite consisting primarily of metallic iron (mixed with a small amount of nickel), as opposed to one composed mainly of stony material.

    Irons and stony irons can be much larger than stony meteorites and are much more visually striking, but make up only a few percent of all meteorites.

Examples

528 sentences
  1. I have to iron my shirt.

    Я маю попрасувати свою сорочку.

    ruЯ должен погладить себе рубашку.

    deIch muss mein Hemd bügeln.

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  2. I burned my hand with an iron.

    Я обпік руку праскою.

    ruЯ обжёг руку утюгом.

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  3. Let me iron your shirt for you.

    Дозволь я випрасую тобі сорочку.

    ruДавай я тебе рубашку поглажу.

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  4. Strike while the iron is hot.

    Куй залізо, поки гаряче.

    ruКуй железо, пока горячо.

    deMan soll das Eisen schmieden, solange es heiß ist.

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  5. Iron is a metal with many uses.

    Залізо — метал, що має багато застосувань.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
chemical element Fe:
Русский
By meaning 1
chemical element Fe:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
chemical element Fe:

Origin

From Middle English iren, from Old English īsern, īsærn, īren, īsen, from Proto-West Germa

From Middle English iren, from Old English īsern, īsærn, īren, īsen, from Proto-West Germanic *īsarn, from Proto-Germanic *īsarną (“iron”), from Proto-Celtic *īsarnom (“iron”), possibly a derivation from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésh₂r̥ (“blood”).

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Forms

plural: irons
Singulariron
Pluralirons

regular

Synonyms

10 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • home appliance consisting of a flat metal base that is heated and used to smooth cloth:smoothing iron
  • implement used to brand live stock:branding 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:Featomic number 26

Word family

124 related words

Collocations

5 patterns
  • ironed his shirts
  • an an iron
  • iron these shirts
  • a tire iron
  • tire iron

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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