iron

Topic: TECHNOLOGY

Language:	Old English
Origin:	isern, iren

iron
1 noun

i‧ron1 S3 W2 See pronunciation table in "How to use dictionary" pages

metal

[uncountable]HCET a common hard metal that is used to make steel, is magnetic, and is found in very small quantities in food and blood. It is a chemical element: symbol Fe:

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the iron and steel industry

a driveway with large iron gates

iron ore (=rock that contains iron)

the absorption of iron from food

for clothes

[countable]DCCT a thing used for making clothes smooth, which has a heated flat metal base

have several irons in the fire

to be involved in several different activities or have several plans all happening at the same time:

He has several economic irons in the fire, including gold and diamond mines.

sport

[countable]DSG a golf club made of metal rather than wood:

a 5-iron

chains

irons

[plural] especially literarySCJ a chain used to prevent a prisoner from moving:

leg irons

➔ a will of iron/an iron will

at will2 (1)

; ➔ pump iron

at pump2 (8)

; ➔ rule somebody/something with a rod of iron

at rule2 (5)

; ➔ strike while the iron's hot

at strike1 (27)

Definition of iron from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English within
the topic TECHNOLOGY