ALL meanings of iron
i·ron
I i - noun iron any of certain tools or implements made of iron or steel, esp for use when hot 0
- noun iron an appliance for pressing fabrics using dry heat or steam, esp a small electrically heated device with a handle and a weighted flat bottom 0
- noun iron any of various golf clubs with narrow metal heads, numbered from 1 to 9 according to the slant of the face, used esp for approach shots 0
- noun iron a splintlike support for a malformed leg 0
- noun iron great hardness, strength, or resolve 0
- adjective iron very hard, immovable, or implacable 0
- adjective iron very strong; extremely robust 0
- adjective iron cruel or unyielding 0
- verb iron to smooth (clothes or fabric) by removing (creases or wrinkles) using a heated iron; press 0
- verb iron to furnish or clothe with iron 0
- verb iron to place (a prisoner) in irons 0
- noun iron a white, malleable, ductile, metallic chemical element that can be readily magnetized, rusts rapidly in moist or salty air, and is vital to plant and animal life: it is the most common and important of all metals, and its alloys, as steel, are extensively used: symbol, Fe; at. no., 26 0
- noun iron any tool, implement, device, apparatus, etc. made of iron 0
- noun iron a device with a handle and flat, smooth undersurface, used, when heated, for pressing clothes or cloth; flatiron 0
- noun iron a rodlike device with a brand at one end, heated for branding cattle 0
- noun iron iron shackles or chains 0
- noun iron firm strength; power 0
- noun iron a pistol 0
- noun iron any of a set of numbered clubs with metal heads having various lofts; specif., the number 2 iron with little loft, used chiefly for relatively long fairway shots; the number 5 iron with medium loft; and the number 9 iron with much loft, used chiefly for short, lofted shots to the green 0
- noun iron a tonic or other preparation containing iron 0
- adjective iron of or consisting of iron 0
- adjective iron like iron 0
- adjective iron firm; unyielding 0
- adjective iron capable of great endurance; strong 0
- adjective iron cruel; merciless 0
- verb transitive iron to furnish or cover with iron 0
- verb transitive iron to put (a prisoner) in irons 0
- verb transitive iron to press (clothes or cloth) smooth or flat with a hot iron 0
- intransitive verb iron to iron clothes or cloth 0