Meaning

3 senses
  1. A ship, vessel, or vehicle with a covering of iron, steel, or (loosely) any other tough metal.

    Panzerschiff

    бронено́сецbronenósec

    бронено́сецьbronenósecʹ, па́нцерникpáncernyk

  2. An armor-plated warship, (especially) one preceding the invention of harveyized steel.

    a wooden warship of the 19th century that is plated with iron or steel armor

  3. A wooden warehouse with an outer skin of corrugated metal.

Examples

5 sentences
  1. Tom's alibi is ironclad.

  2. Tom has an ironclad alibi.

    deTom hat ein wasserdichtes Alibi. — Esperantostern

  3. Tom had an ironclad alibi.

  4. Tom has an ironclad alibi for the night of Mary's murder.

    ruУ Тома железное алиби на ночь убийства Мэри. — odexed

  5. Fadil had an ironclad alibi.

    У Фадля було залізне алібі. — deniko

    ruУ Фаделя было железное алиби. — Wezel

Translations

7 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
a ship covered with iron or steel:
Русский
By meaning 1
a ship covered with iron or steel:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
a ship covered with iron or steel:

Forms

plural: ironclads
Singularironclad
Pluralironclads

regular

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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