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A metal appliance with a handle and a weighted flat bottom, used when heated to press wrinkles from fabric.
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A silvery-white, lustrous, malleable, ductile, magnetic or magnetizable, metallic element occurring abundantly in combined forms, notably in hematite, limonite, magnetite, and taconite, and used alloyed in a wide range of important structural materials. Atomic number 26; atomic weight 55.845; melting point 1,535°C; boiling point 2,750°C; specific gravity 7.874 (at 20°C); valence 2, 3, 4, 6. See Table at element.
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A tonic, pill, or other medication containing iron and taken as a dietary supplement.
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An implement made of iron alloy or similar metal, especially a bar heated for use in branding, curling hair, or cauterizing.
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adjective
Holding tightly; very firm: has an iron grip.
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Inflexible; unyielding: iron resolve.
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Made of or containing iron: iron bars; an iron alloy.
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Strong, healthy, and capable of great endurance: an iron constitution.
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Of, relating to, or made of iron.
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idiom
In irons Nautical Lying head to the wind and unable to turn either way.
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Iron in the fire An undertaking or project in progress: has many irons in the fire this year.
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phrasal-verb
Iron out To settle through discussion or compromise; work out.
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verb-transitive
To fit or clad with iron.
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To press and smooth with a heated iron: iron clothes.
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To put into irons; fetter.
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To remove (creases) by pressing.
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