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| Main Entry: |
iron
 [ahy-ern] 
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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hard, tough; inflexible |
| Synonyms: | adamant, adamantine, cruel, dense, ferric, ferrous, firm, heavy, immovable, implacable, indomitable, inexorable, insensible, obdurate, relentless, rigid, robust, steel, steely, strong, stubborn, thick, unbending, unyielding |
| Notes: | ferrum is the Latin name for iron, from which its chemical symbol Fe is derived; iron exists in various states of impurity and it is processed to produce cast iron, wrought iron, etc. and steel (steel is iron to which carbon and other things have been added) |
| Antonyms: | flexible, soft, weak |
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| Main Entry: | iron |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | restraint made of metal |
| Synonyms: | bond, chain, cuffs, fetter, handcuffs, leg irons, manacles, shackles |
| Main Entry: | chain |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | connected metal links; jewelry made of such links |
| Synonyms: | bond, bracelet, cable, clinker, connection, coupling, fetter, iron, lavaliere, link, locket, manacle, pendant, shackle, trammel |
Example Sentences
- Iron deficiency anemia is a decrease in the number of red blood cells due to a lack of iron.
- For years, scientists have proposed supercharging algae growth by dumping tons of iron into the ocean.
- The short story is that the iron in hemoglobin would be replaced by copper.
| Main Entry: | club |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | golfing tool |
| Synonyms: | brassie, cleek, driver, iron, mashie, midiron, niblick, putter, spoon, stick, wedge, wood |
| Main Entry: | gray/grey |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | muted silver in color |
| Synonyms: | ash, ashen, battleship, cinereal, clouded, dingy, dove, drab, dusky, dusty, granite, heather, iron, lead, leaden, livid, mousy, neutral, oyster, pearly, peppery, powder, sere, shaded, silvered, silvery, slate, smoky, somber, stone |
| Main Entry: | hard |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | rocklike |
| Synonyms: | adamantine, callous, compact, compacted, compressed, concentrated, consolidated, dense, firm, hardened, impenetrable, indurate, indurated, inflexible, iron, packed, rigid, rocky, set, solid, stiff, stony, strong, thick, tough, unyielding |
| Antonyms: | flexible, malleable, pliable, pliant, soft, yielding |
| Main Entry: | inflexible |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stubborn |
| Synonyms: | adamant, adamantine, determined, dogged, dyed-in-the-wool, firm, fixed, hard, hard-and-fast, immovable, immutable, implacable, indomitable, inexorable, intractable, iron, obdurate, obstinate, relentless, resolute, rigid, rigorous, set, set in one's ways, single-minded, stand one's ground, staunch, steadfast, steely, stiff, strict, stringent, unadaptable, unbending, unchangeable, uncompliant, uncompromising, unrelenting, unswayable, unyielding |
| Antonyms: | flexible, reasonable, willing, yielding |
| Main Entry: | lay |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make smooth |
| Synonyms: | allay, alleviate, appease, assuage, calm, even, flatten, flush, iron, level, plane, press, quiet, relieve, steam, still, suppress |
| Notes: | to lay is to place something; to lie is to recline |
| Antonyms: | rough |
| Main Entry: | manacle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | handcuff |
| Synonyms: | bond, bracelet, chain, fetter, iron, pinion, shackle |
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