irons
Meaning of irons
- a strong, hard magnetic silvery-grey metal, the chemical element of atomic number 26, much used as a material for construction and manufacturing, especially in the form of steel.
- a tool or implement now or originally made of iron.
a caulking iron
- a handheld implement, typically an electrical one, with a heated flat steel base, used to smooth clothes, sheets, etc.
- a golf club with a metal head (typically with a numeral indicating the degree to which the head is angled in order to loft the ball).
a four-iron
- a meteorite containing a high proportion of iron.
verb, 3rd person present
smooth (clothes, sheets, etc.) with an iron.
Old English īren, īsen, īsern, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch ijzer and German Eisen, and probably ultimately from Celtic.
Information about irons
- The singular form of irons is: iron.
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Hyphenation of irons
irons
- It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
- irons is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
irons synonyms
Meaning chains:
Meaning relating to iron:
Meaning (chiefly of metals) containing or consisting of iron:
Meaning a device or implement, especially one held in the hand, used to carry out a particular function:
Meaning a tool, utensil, or other piece of equipment that is used for a particular purpose:
Meaning a tool, container, or other article, especially for household use:
Meaning a thing made or adapted for a particular purpose, especially a piece of mechanical or electronic equipment:
Meaning the technical equipment or machinery needed for a particular activity or purpose:
Meaning a device or piece of equipment designed to perform a specific task:
Meaning the use of skill to create or bring about something, especially with a consequent effect of artificiality:
Meaning a machine or device that appears strange or unnecessarily complicated, and often badly made or unsafe:
Meaning a system of parts working together in a machine; a piece of machinery:
Meaning apply pressure to (something) to flatten, shape, or smooth it, typically by ironing:
Anagrams of irons
noirs, noris, ornis, Rison, roins, rosin, Sorin
Words that rhyme with irons
barons, camarons, diatessarons, fanfarons, marons, mascarons, megarons, polarons, Dacrons, acrons, bicrons, chylomicrons, dacrons, macrons, microns, millimicrons, omicrons, submicrons, Baudrons, baudrons, caldrons, caudrons, cauldrons, chaldrons, chawdrons, chiliahedrons, decahedrons, dendrons, dihedrons, dodecahedrons, enneahedrons, hadrons, hemihedrons, hendecahedrons, heptahedrons, hexahedrons, holohedrons, hydrons, icosahedrons, icositetrahedrons, ladrons, leucitohedrons, liriodendrons, octahedrons, octohedrons, pauldrons, pentahedrons, philodendrons, polyhedrons, pouldrons