Crossword-Solution: IRON
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| Iron | n. | The most common and most useful metallic element, being of almost universal occurrence, usually in the form of an oxide (as hematite, magnetite, etc.), or a hydrous oxide (as limonite, turgite, etc.). It is reduced on an enormous scale in three principal forms; viz., cast iron, steel, and wrought iron. Iron usually appears dark brown, from oxidation or impurity, but when pure, or on a fresh surface, is a gray or white metal. It is easily oxidized (rusted) by moisture, and is attacked by many corrosive agents. Symbol Fe (Latin Ferrum). Atomic weight 55.9. Specific gravity, pure iron, 7.86; cast iron, 7.1. In magnetic properties, it is superior to all other substances. |
| Iron | n. | An instrument or utensil made of iron; -- chiefly in composition; as, a flatiron, a smoothing iron, etc. |
| Iron | n. | Fetters; chains; handcuffs; manacles. |
| Iron | n. | Strength; power; firmness; inflexibility; as, to rule with a rod of iron. |
| Iron | n. | Of, or made of iron; consisting of iron; as, an iron bar, dust. |
| Iron | n. | Resembling iron in color; as, iron blackness. |
| Iron | n. | Like iron in hardness, strength, impenetrability, power of endurance, insensibility, etc.; |
| Iron | n. | Rude; hard; harsh; severe. |
| Iron | n. | Firm; robust; enduring; as, an iron constitution. |
| Iron | n. | Inflexible; unrelenting; as, an iron will. |
| Iron | n. | Not to be broken; holding or binding fast; tenacious. |
| Iron | v. t. | To smooth with an instrument of iron; especially, to smooth, as cloth, with a heated flatiron; -- sometimes used with out. |
| Iron | v. t. | To shackle with irons; to fetter or handcuff. |
| Iron | v. t. | To furnish or arm with iron; as, to iron a wagon. |
Anagrams
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| IRON | anagram | INOR, INRO, NIRO, NOIR, NORI, ONIR, ORIN, ORNI, RINO, RION, RONI |
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Hint 1 meaning
The superficial contents of any figure; the surface included
within any given lines; superficial extent; as, the area of a square or
a triangle.
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CERTAIN BRAIN SIZE
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Sentences with IRON (5)
When playing Follow my Leader, Peter would fly close to the water and touch each shark’s tail in passing, just as in the street you may run your finger along an iron railing.
And, lastly, he inveighed against Minerva because she had not contrived iron wheels in the foundation of her house, so its inhabitants might more easily remove if a neighbor proved unpleasant.
Lee hurried to wash out and iron her new cross-stitched apron, which she had finished only the night before; a checked gingham apron worked with a design ten inches broad across the bottom; a hunting scene, with fir trees and a stag and dogs and huntsmen.
Output of the extractive industries includes coal, iron ore, magnesite, graphite, copper, zinc, lead, and precious metals.
These owners of the two most appreciative throats in the neighbourhood, on this side of respectability, were now sitting face to face over a three-legged circular table, having an iron rim to keep cups and pots from being accidentally elbowed off; they might have been said to resemble the setting sun and the full moon shining _vis-à-vis_ across the globe.
Quotes with IRON (3)
Write while the heat is in you. The writer who postpones the recording of his thoughts uses an iron which has cooled to burn a hole with. He cannot inflame the minds of his audience.
Dreams are achieved by blood, sweat, tears, and an iron-will!
There is a very old saying that says, "Strike the iron when its hot". So start working on the idea when its young. The more you delay the execution of your idea, more will be your drop in enthusiasm and lesser will be your chances for its success.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune, Chronicle, Crossroads, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, New Yorker, NY Sun, NYT, Onion, Rock & Roll, S&S, Slate, The Atlantic, Three Across, TIME, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.
Used 2,501 times in crossword archives (1924–2025).