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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
- Copper conducts heat twice as fast as aluminum, and five times faster than cast iron.
- But dumping a few supertanker loads of iron into polar oceans could do the trick in no time.
- It measures the magnetic properties of tiny particles of iron oxide that are injected into the bloodstream.
| 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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