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铁 — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • iron noun A common, silvery-grey metal that rusts and is attracted to magnets; the main ingredient of steel.

Senses

铁 is used for these senses in English:

  • iron (not comparable) Made of the metal iron.
  • iron (uncountable) A common, inexpensive metal, silvery grey when untarnished, that rusts, is attracted by magnets, and is used in making steel: a chemical element having atomic number 26 and symbol Fe.

iron — full definition

  1. noun A common, silvery-grey metal that rusts and is attracted to magnets; the main ingredient of steel.
  2. noun A small electrical appliance with a hot, flat base, used to smooth wrinkles out of clothes.
  3. verb To smooth clothing or fabric using a heated iron.
  4. adj Extremely strong, tough, or unyielding, used figuratively.
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