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Antonyms for iron

Grammar : Adj, noun
Spell : ahy-ern
Phonetic Transcription : ˈaɪ ərn

Definition of iron

Origin :
  • Old English isærn (with Middle English rhotacism of -s-) "the metal iron; an iron weapon," from Proto-Germanic *isarnan (cf. Old Saxon isarn, Old Norse isarn, Middle Dutch iser, Old High German isarn, German Eisen) "holy metal" or "strong metal" (in contrast to softer bronze) probably an early borrowing of Celt. *isarnon (cf. Old Irish iarn, Welsh haiarn), from PIE *is-(e)ro- "powerful, holy," from PIE *eis "strong" (cf. Sanskrit isirah "vigorous, strong," Greek ieros "strong").
  • Right so as whil that Iren is hoot men sholden smyte. [Chaucer, c.1386]
  • Chemical symbol Fe is from the Latin word for the metal, ferrum (see ferro-). Meaning "metal device used to press or smooth clothes" is from 1610s. The adjective is Old English iren, isern. To have (too) many irons in the fire "to be doing too much at once" is from 1540s. Iron lung "artificial respiration tank" is from 1932.
  • adj hard, tough; inflexible
  • noun hard, ferrous metal
  • noun restraint made of metal
Example sentences :
  • Only don't let the first woman that comes ridin' herd get her iron on you.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • He crumpled the poster and inserted it beneath the lid of his iron stove.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • Something that Uncle Jasper had said recurred to him, something about iron dust.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • The iron loop at the end was to put one's foot into when one wanted to load it.
  • Extract from : « Viviette » by William J. Locke
  • "I wisht to God that some iron dust would work its way into your soul," he said.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • But the other thing was what happened, and it gave you a touch of the iron that a man needs in his blood.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • Under the strain of his muscles, iron bars bent like hot wax.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • Gone is the mass of the mountains, the stoniness of rocks, the hard solidity of iron.
  • Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
  • I hold that a man has more to fear there from the ink-pot of the one than from the iron of the other.
  • Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • The germinating cases, A A, are of iron; the bottoms are double.
  • Extract from : « Scientific American Supplement, No. 433, April 19, 1884 » by Various

Synonyms for iron

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