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i·ron     (ī'ərn)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. Symbol Fe 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.
  2. An implement made of iron alloy or similar metal, especially a bar heated for use in branding, curling hair, or cauterizing.
  3. Great hardness or strength; firmness: a will of iron.
  4. Sports Any of a series of golf clubs having a bladelike metal head and numbered from one to nine in order of increasing loft.
  5. A metal appliance with a handle and a weighted flat bottom, used when heated to press wrinkles from fabric.
  6. A harpoon.
  7. irons Fetters; shackles.
  8. A tonic, pill, or other medication containing iron and taken as a dietary supplement.

adj.  
  1. Made of or containing iron: iron bars; an iron alloy.
  2. Strong, healthy, and capable of great endurance: an iron constitution.
  3. Inflexible; unyielding: iron resolve.
  4. Holding tightly; very firm: has an iron grip.

v.   i·roned, i·ron·ing, i·rons

v.   tr.
    1. To press and smooth with a heated iron: iron clothes.
    2. To remove (creases) by pressing.
  2. To put into irons; fetter.
  3. To fit or clad with iron.

v.   intr.
To iron clothes.

Phrasal Verb(s):
iron out
To settle through discussion or compromise; work out.

Idiom(s):
in irons Nautical
Lying head to the wind and unable to turn either way.

Idiom(s):
iron in the fire
An undertaking or project in progress: has many irons in the fire this year.

[Middle English iren, from Old English īren; see eis- in Indo-European roots.]

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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ironed

adjective
(of linens or clothes) smoothed with a hot iron [ant: unironed] 

WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
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