English words for 'Stub iron.'
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noun
- Stub iron.
- A piece of certain paper items, designed to be torn off and kept for record or identification purposes.
- The smallest remainder of a smoked cigarette; a butt.
- A pen with a short, blunt nib.
- (electronics, radio frequency circuits) A length of transmission line or waveguide that is connected at one end only.
- The remaining part of the docked tail of a dog
- (wiki jargon) An article providing only minimal information and intended for later development.
- An unequal first or last interest calculation period, as a part of a financial swap contract
- Something blunted, stunted, or cut short, such as stubble or a stump.
- (programming) A placeholder procedure that has the signature of the planned procedure but does not yet implement the intended behavior.
- An old and worn horseshoe nail.
- (typography, in tabular matter) A row heading in a table (with horizontal reference, whereas a column heading has vertical reference).
- (computing, middleware) A procedure that translates requests from external systems into a format suitable for processing and then submits those requests for processing.
- the part of a check that is retained as a record
- the small unused part of something (especially the end of a cigarette that is left after smoking)
- a short piece remaining on a trunk or stem where a branch is lost
- a torn part of a ticket returned to the holder as a receipt
- a small piece
verb
- (transitive) To remove most of a tree, bush, or other rooted plant by cutting it close to the ground.
- (transitive) To jam, hit, or bump, especially a toe.
- (transitive) To remove a plant by pulling it out by the roots.
- extinguish by crushing
- clear of weeds by uprooting them
- pull up (weeds) by their roots
- strike (one's toe) accidentally against an object
noun
- A bridle iron.
- A strap hung to the girdle, by which a dagger or sword is suspended.
- A person who attempts suicide by hanging.
- A clothes hanger.
- (now historical) A short and broad backsword, worn so to hang at the side, especially popular in the 18th century.
- (cycling) Ellipsis of derailleur hanger
- (slang) Hunger and anger, especially when the anger is induced by the hunger.
- (UK) A steep, wooded slope.
- One who hangs, or causes to be hanged; a hangman, paper hanger, etc.
- (baseball, slang) A hanging pitch; a pitch (typically a breaking ball or slider) that is poorly executed, hence easy to hit.
- (Australian rules football, informal) Synonym of spectacular mark.
- (climbing) A device secured by a bolt and used to attach a carabiner.
- anything from which something can be hung
- a worker who hangs something
noun
- A tamping iron.
- (chiefly in the plural) A driving wheel of a locomotive.
- A mallet.
- A person who drives livestock: a drover.
- Something that drives something else.
- (aviation, slang) A pilot (person who flies aircraft).
- (audio) A device that converts an electrical signal to sound waves; the principal component of loudspeakers and headphones.
- A cooper's hammer for driving on barrel hoops.
- (engineering) Any driving element in any mechanism, which drives the driven element.
- A person who drives a motorized vehicle such as a car, truck, bus, train, forklift, etc.
- (golf) A golf club used to drive the ball a great distance.
- (nautical) A kind of sail, smaller than a fore and aft spanker on a square-rigged ship, a driver is tied to the same spars.
- One who drives something.
- A factor contributing to something; a cause.
- A screwdriver, a nutdriver, or a bit for such a tool; such bits include nutsetters.
- (computing) A device driver; a program that acts as an interface between an application and hardware, written specifically for the device it controls.
- (computer science) a program that determines how a computer will communicate with a peripheral device
- the operator of a motor vehicle
- a golfer who hits the golf ball with a driver
- a golf club (a wood) with a near vertical face that is used for hitting long shots from the tee
- someone who drives animals that pull a vehicle
noun
adj
noun
- Socratic irony: ignorance feigned for the purpose of confounding or provoking an antagonist.
- Dramatic irony: a theatrical effect in which the meaning of a situation, or some incongruity in the plot, is understood by the audience, but not by the characters in the play.
- (countable) An ironic statement.
- (informal) Contradiction between circumstances and expectations; condition contrary to what might be expected.
- (rhetoric) The quality of a statement that, when taken in context, may actually mean something different from, or the opposite of, what is written literally; the use of words expressing something other than their literal intention, often in a humorous context.
- witty language used to convey insults or scorn
- a trope that involves incongruity between what is expected and what occurs
- incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs
noun
- A branding iron.
- A mark of infamy; stigma.
- A specific product, service, or provider so distinguished.
- (Scotland, Northern England) A torch used for signaling.
- A mark or scar made by burning with a hot iron, especially to mark cattle or to classify the contents of a cask.
- (by extension) Any specific type or variety of something; a distinct style or manner.
- The public image or reputation and recognized, typical style of an individual or group.
- The symbolic identity, represented by a name and/or a logo, which indicates a certain product or service to the public.
- Any minute fungus producing a burnt appearance in plants.
- a cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guard
- identification mark on skin, made by burning
- a piece of wood that has been burned or is burning
- a recognizable kind
- a name given to a product or service
- a symbol of disgrace or infamy
verb
- (transitive) To burn the flesh with a hot iron, either as a marker (for criminals, slaves etc.) or to cauterise a wound.
- (transitive) To stigmatize, label (someone).
- (transitive) To make an indelible impression on the memory or senses.
- (transitive) To mark (especially cattle) with a brand as proof of ownership.
- (intransitive) To be very hot, to burn.
- (transitive, marketing) To associate a product or service with a trademark or other name and related images.
- burn with a branding iron to indicate ownership; of animals
- to accuse or condemn or openly or formally or brand as disgraceful
- mark or expose as infamous
- mark with a brand or trademark
noun
noun
- Initialism of ductile iron.
- (medicine) Initialism of dens invaginatus.
- (computer graphics) Initialism of diffused illumination.
- (law enforcement, Commonwealth) Initialism of detective inspector; a police rank.
- (software architecture) Initialism of dependency injection.
- (music) Initialism of direct input.
- (music) Ellipsis of DI unit.
- (medicine) Initialism of diabetes insipidus.
- (video games) Initialism of directional influence (“the ability to change one's direction of movement while falling”).
- (medicine) Initialism of disposition index.
- (automotive) Initialism of direct injection (“fuel injection”).
name
- An age characterized by the use of iron.
- (mythology) The most recent and debased of the four or five classical Ages of Man; hence, any period characterized by wicked behavior.
- (archaeology) A level of culture in which humans used iron and the technology of ironworking. (Estimated to have begun in Europe about 1100 BC)
adj
- Proivided with, or strengthened by, iron; shod with iron.
- That has been pressed or smoothed with a hot iron; pressed.
- (Of hair) Treated as with a hair iron; curled with a curling iron, or straightened with a straightening-iron or with electric straighteners.
- That has been put in irons; shackled.
- (of linens or clothes) smoothed with a hot iron
verb
adj
noun
- (countable, Cockney rhyming slang, offensive, shortened from iron hoof, rhyming with poof) A male homosexual.
- (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.
- (usually in the plural, irons) Shackles.
- (military, slang) A dumb bomb, one without guidance systems.
- (countable) A tool or appliance made of metal, which is heated and then used to transfer heat to something else; most often a thick piece of metal fitted with a handle and having a flat, roughly triangular bottom, which is heated and used to press wrinkles from clothing, and now usually containing an electrical heating apparatus.
- (uncountable, countable, metallurgy) Any material, not a steel, predominantly made of elemental iron.
- (uncountable) A dark shade of the color silver.
- (slang) A firearm, either a long gun or a handgun.
- A safety curtain in a theatre.
- (uncountable, figurative) Used as a symbol of great strength or toughness, or to signify a very strong or tough material.
- (countable, astronomy, geology) A meteorite consisting primarily of metallic iron (mixed with a small amount of nickel), as opposed to one composed mainly of stony material.
- Any of several other tools traditionally made of wrought iron, now usually of steel.
- (golf) A golf club used for middle-distance shots.
- (weightlifting) Weight used as resistance for the purpose of strength training.
- implement used to brand live stock
- a heavy ductile magnetic metallic element; is silver-white in pure form but readily rusts; used in construction and tools and armament; plays a role in the transport of oxygen by the blood
- home appliance consisting of a flat metal base that is heated and used to smooth cloth
- a golf club that has a relatively narrow metal head
verb
noun
- Initialism of cast iron.
- (politics) Initialism of constitutional initiative.
- (espionage) Initialism of counterintelligence.
- (law enforcement) Initialism of confidential informant.
- Initialism of Companion, part of the Imperial Order of the Crown of India.
- Initialism of competitive intelligence.
- Initialism of civil infraction.
- Initialism of creative industries.
- Initialism of cochlear implant.
- Initialism of contextual inquiry.
- (law enforcement) Initialism of chief inspector, a police rank used in Commonwealth countries.
- (software engineering) Initialism of continuous integration.
- (statistics) Initialism of confidence interval.
- (linguistics) Initialism of comprehensible input.
- Initialism of corporate identity (“a specific design of a company, to be applied in all public appearances to be clearly distinguishable from its competitors”).
- (baseball) Initialism of corner infielder.
noun
- An ironworker.
- A blooming flower.
- (informal, originally Australia) A large or embarrassing mistake; blunder.
- (historical) A reform costume for women, consisting of a short dress with loose trousers gathered around the ankles, and often a broad-brimmed hat.
- A circular loaf of white bread.
- (figurative) One who blooms, matures, or develops.
- Attributive form of bloomers.
- (historical, by extension) A woman who wears a Bloomer costume.
- an embarrassing mistake
- a flower that blooms in a particular way
noun
noun
- A heavy iron block used in the blacksmithing trade as a surface upon which metal can be struck and shaped.
- The non-moving surface of a micrometer against which the item to be measured is placed.
- (anatomy) The incus bone in the middle ear.
- (meteorology) A horizontal-topped mass of cloud, shaped like a blacksmith's anvil, that forms before a thunderstorm.
- A stone or other hard surface used by a bird for breaking the shells of snails.
- a small bone in the middle ear between the malleus and the stapes
- a heavy block of iron or steel on which hot metals are shaped by hammering
verb
noun
- (nautical) A grappling iron.
- (nautical) A small anchor, having more than two flukes, used for anchoring a small vessel.
- A device with a multiple hook at one end and attached to a rope, which is thrown or hooked over a firm mooring to secure an object attached to the other end of the rope.
- a tool consisting of several hooks for grasping and holding; often thrown with a rope
- a light anchor for small boats
verb
noun
- Iron from the puddling furnace, in a pasty condition.
- (informal) A heavy drinker.
- (countable, uncountable) A type of light cake.
- (countable) Any of various marine invertebrates of the phylum Porifera, that have a porous skeleton often of silica.
- (countable) A piece of porous material used for washing (originally made from the invertebrates, now often made of plastic).
- (uncountable) The porous material that synthetic washing sponges are made of.
- (countable) A form of contraception that is inserted vaginally; a contraceptive sponge.
- (slang) A nuclear power plant worker routinely exposed to radiation.
- A person who readily absorbs ideas.
- (slang) A person who takes advantage of the generosity of others (abstractly imagined to absorb or soak up the money or efforts of others like a sponge).
- Iron ore, in masses, reduced but not melted or worked.
- (countable, uncountable, British) A type of steamed pudding.
- A mop for cleaning the bore of a cannon after a discharge. It consists of a cylinder of wood, covered with sheepskin with the wool on, or cloth with a heavy looped nap, and having a handle, or staff.
- The extremity, or point, of a horseshoe, corresponding to the heel.
- (baking) Dough before it is kneaded and formed into loaves, and after it is converted into a light, spongy mass by the agency of the yeast or leaven.
- a follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage
- primitive multicellular marine animal whose porous body is supported by a fibrous skeletal framework; usually occurs in sessile colonies
- a porous mass of interlacing fibers that forms the internal skeleton of various marine animals and usable to absorb water or any porous rubber or cellulose product similarly used
- someone able to acquire new knowledge and skills rapidly and easily
verb
- To wipe out with a sponge, as letters or writing; to efface; to destroy all trace of.
- (transitive, intransitive with on or upon) To get by imposition; to scrounge.
- (intransitive, baking) To be converted, as dough, into a light, spongy mass by the agency of yeast or leaven.
- To clean, soak up, or dab with a sponge.
- To suck in, or imbibe, like a sponge.
- (intransitive, slang) To take advantage of the kindness of others.
- (transitive) To deprive (somebody) of something by imposition.
- (marine biology, of dolphins) To use a piece of wild sponge as a tool when foraging for food.
- erase with a sponge; as of words on a blackboard
- ask for and get free; be a parasite
- gather sponges, in the ocean
- wipe with a sponge, so as to clean or moisten
- soak up with a sponge
adj
noun
noun
- The malleable iron produced by this technique.
- (attributive) A process for producing malleable iron castings by melting wrought iron, to which from 0.05 to 0.1 per cent of aluminum is added to lower the melting point, usually in a petroleum furnace, keeping the molten metal at the bubbling point until it becomes quiet, and then pouring the molten metal into a mold lined with a special mixture consisting essentially of molasses and ground burnt fire clay.
noun
- Stub iron.
- A piece of certain paper items, designed to be torn off and kept for record or identification purposes.
- The smallest remainder of a smoked cigarette; a butt.
- A pen with a short, blunt nib.
- (electronics, radio frequency circuits) A length of transmission line or waveguide that is connected at one end only.
- The remaining part of the docked tail of a dog
- (wiki jargon) An article providing only minimal information and intended for later development.
- An unequal first or last interest calculation period, as a part of a financial swap contract
- Something blunted, stunted, or cut short, such as stubble or a stump.
- (programming) A placeholder procedure that has the signature of the planned procedure but does not yet implement the intended behavior.
- An old and worn horseshoe nail.
- (typography, in tabular matter) A row heading in a table (with horizontal reference, whereas a column heading has vertical reference).
- (computing, middleware) A procedure that translates requests from external systems into a format suitable for processing and then submits those requests for processing.
- the part of a check that is retained as a record
- the small unused part of something (especially the end of a cigarette that is left after smoking)
- a short piece remaining on a trunk or stem where a branch is lost
- a torn part of a ticket returned to the holder as a receipt
- a small piece
verb
- (transitive) To remove most of a tree, bush, or other rooted plant by cutting it close to the ground.
- (transitive) To jam, hit, or bump, especially a toe.
- (transitive) To remove a plant by pulling it out by the roots.
- extinguish by crushing
- clear of weeds by uprooting them
- pull up (weeds) by their roots
- strike (one's toe) accidentally against an object
noun
- A bridle iron.
- A strap hung to the girdle, by which a dagger or sword is suspended.
- A person who attempts suicide by hanging.
- A clothes hanger.
- (now historical) A short and broad backsword, worn so to hang at the side, especially popular in the 18th century.
- (cycling) Ellipsis of derailleur hanger
- (slang) Hunger and anger, especially when the anger is induced by the hunger.
- (UK) A steep, wooded slope.
- One who hangs, or causes to be hanged; a hangman, paper hanger, etc.
- (baseball, slang) A hanging pitch; a pitch (typically a breaking ball or slider) that is poorly executed, hence easy to hit.
- (Australian rules football, informal) Synonym of spectacular mark.
- (climbing) A device secured by a bolt and used to attach a carabiner.
- anything from which something can be hung
- a worker who hangs something
noun
- A tamping iron.
- (chiefly in the plural) A driving wheel of a locomotive.
- A mallet.
- A person who drives livestock: a drover.
- Something that drives something else.
- (aviation, slang) A pilot (person who flies aircraft).
- (audio) A device that converts an electrical signal to sound waves; the principal component of loudspeakers and headphones.
- A cooper's hammer for driving on barrel hoops.
- (engineering) Any driving element in any mechanism, which drives the driven element.
- A person who drives a motorized vehicle such as a car, truck, bus, train, forklift, etc.
- (golf) A golf club used to drive the ball a great distance.
- (nautical) A kind of sail, smaller than a fore and aft spanker on a square-rigged ship, a driver is tied to the same spars.
- One who drives something.
- A factor contributing to something; a cause.
- A screwdriver, a nutdriver, or a bit for such a tool; such bits include nutsetters.
- (computing) A device driver; a program that acts as an interface between an application and hardware, written specifically for the device it controls.
- (computer science) a program that determines how a computer will communicate with a peripheral device
- the operator of a motor vehicle
- a golfer who hits the golf ball with a driver
- a golf club (a wood) with a near vertical face that is used for hitting long shots from the tee
- someone who drives animals that pull a vehicle
noun
noun
- A branding iron.
- A mark of infamy; stigma.
- A specific product, service, or provider so distinguished.
- (Scotland, Northern England) A torch used for signaling.
- A mark or scar made by burning with a hot iron, especially to mark cattle or to classify the contents of a cask.
- (by extension) Any specific type or variety of something; a distinct style or manner.
- The public image or reputation and recognized, typical style of an individual or group.
- The symbolic identity, represented by a name and/or a logo, which indicates a certain product or service to the public.
- Any minute fungus producing a burnt appearance in plants.
- a cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guard
- identification mark on skin, made by burning
- a piece of wood that has been burned or is burning
- a recognizable kind
- a name given to a product or service
- a symbol of disgrace or infamy
verb
- (transitive) To burn the flesh with a hot iron, either as a marker (for criminals, slaves etc.) or to cauterise a wound.
- (transitive) To stigmatize, label (someone).
- (transitive) To make an indelible impression on the memory or senses.
- (transitive) To mark (especially cattle) with a brand as proof of ownership.
- (intransitive) To be very hot, to burn.
- (transitive, marketing) To associate a product or service with a trademark or other name and related images.
- burn with a branding iron to indicate ownership; of animals
- to accuse or condemn or openly or formally or brand as disgraceful
- mark or expose as infamous
- mark with a brand or trademark
noun
noun
- Initialism of ductile iron.
- (medicine) Initialism of dens invaginatus.
- (computer graphics) Initialism of diffused illumination.
- (law enforcement, Commonwealth) Initialism of detective inspector; a police rank.
- (software architecture) Initialism of dependency injection.
- (music) Initialism of direct input.
- (music) Ellipsis of DI unit.
- (medicine) Initialism of diabetes insipidus.
- (video games) Initialism of directional influence (“the ability to change one's direction of movement while falling”).
- (medicine) Initialism of disposition index.
- (automotive) Initialism of direct injection (“fuel injection”).
noun
- Initialism of cast iron.
- (politics) Initialism of constitutional initiative.
- (espionage) Initialism of counterintelligence.
- (law enforcement) Initialism of confidential informant.
- Initialism of Companion, part of the Imperial Order of the Crown of India.
- Initialism of competitive intelligence.
- Initialism of civil infraction.
- Initialism of creative industries.
- Initialism of cochlear implant.
- Initialism of contextual inquiry.
- (law enforcement) Initialism of chief inspector, a police rank used in Commonwealth countries.
- (software engineering) Initialism of continuous integration.
- (statistics) Initialism of confidence interval.
- (linguistics) Initialism of comprehensible input.
- Initialism of corporate identity (“a specific design of a company, to be applied in all public appearances to be clearly distinguishable from its competitors”).
- (baseball) Initialism of corner infielder.
noun
- An ironworker.
- A blooming flower.
- (informal, originally Australia) A large or embarrassing mistake; blunder.
- (historical) A reform costume for women, consisting of a short dress with loose trousers gathered around the ankles, and often a broad-brimmed hat.
- A circular loaf of white bread.
- (figurative) One who blooms, matures, or develops.
- Attributive form of bloomers.
- (historical, by extension) A woman who wears a Bloomer costume.
- an embarrassing mistake
- a flower that blooms in a particular way
noun
noun
- A heavy iron block used in the blacksmithing trade as a surface upon which metal can be struck and shaped.
- The non-moving surface of a micrometer against which the item to be measured is placed.
- (anatomy) The incus bone in the middle ear.
- (meteorology) A horizontal-topped mass of cloud, shaped like a blacksmith's anvil, that forms before a thunderstorm.
- A stone or other hard surface used by a bird for breaking the shells of snails.
- a small bone in the middle ear between the malleus and the stapes
- a heavy block of iron or steel on which hot metals are shaped by hammering
verb
noun
- (nautical) A grappling iron.
- (nautical) A small anchor, having more than two flukes, used for anchoring a small vessel.
- A device with a multiple hook at one end and attached to a rope, which is thrown or hooked over a firm mooring to secure an object attached to the other end of the rope.
- a tool consisting of several hooks for grasping and holding; often thrown with a rope
- a light anchor for small boats
verb
noun
- Iron from the puddling furnace, in a pasty condition.
- (informal) A heavy drinker.
- (countable, uncountable) A type of light cake.
- (countable) Any of various marine invertebrates of the phylum Porifera, that have a porous skeleton often of silica.
- (countable) A piece of porous material used for washing (originally made from the invertebrates, now often made of plastic).
- (uncountable) The porous material that synthetic washing sponges are made of.
- (countable) A form of contraception that is inserted vaginally; a contraceptive sponge.
- (slang) A nuclear power plant worker routinely exposed to radiation.
- A person who readily absorbs ideas.
- (slang) A person who takes advantage of the generosity of others (abstractly imagined to absorb or soak up the money or efforts of others like a sponge).
- Iron ore, in masses, reduced but not melted or worked.
- (countable, uncountable, British) A type of steamed pudding.
- A mop for cleaning the bore of a cannon after a discharge. It consists of a cylinder of wood, covered with sheepskin with the wool on, or cloth with a heavy looped nap, and having a handle, or staff.
- The extremity, or point, of a horseshoe, corresponding to the heel.
- (baking) Dough before it is kneaded and formed into loaves, and after it is converted into a light, spongy mass by the agency of the yeast or leaven.
- a follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage
- primitive multicellular marine animal whose porous body is supported by a fibrous skeletal framework; usually occurs in sessile colonies
- a porous mass of interlacing fibers that forms the internal skeleton of various marine animals and usable to absorb water or any porous rubber or cellulose product similarly used
- someone able to acquire new knowledge and skills rapidly and easily
verb
- To wipe out with a sponge, as letters or writing; to efface; to destroy all trace of.
- (transitive, intransitive with on or upon) To get by imposition; to scrounge.
- (intransitive, baking) To be converted, as dough, into a light, spongy mass by the agency of yeast or leaven.
- To clean, soak up, or dab with a sponge.
- To suck in, or imbibe, like a sponge.
- (intransitive, slang) To take advantage of the kindness of others.
- (transitive) To deprive (somebody) of something by imposition.
- (marine biology, of dolphins) To use a piece of wild sponge as a tool when foraging for food.
- erase with a sponge; as of words on a blackboard
- ask for and get free; be a parasite
- gather sponges, in the ocean
- wipe with a sponge, so as to clean or moisten
- soak up with a sponge
noun
- The malleable iron produced by this technique.
- (attributive) A process for producing malleable iron castings by melting wrought iron, to which from 0.05 to 0.1 per cent of aluminum is added to lower the melting point, usually in a petroleum furnace, keeping the molten metal at the bubbling point until it becomes quiet, and then pouring the molten metal into a mold lined with a special mixture consisting essentially of molasses and ground burnt fire clay.
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adj
noun
- Socratic irony: ignorance feigned for the purpose of confounding or provoking an antagonist.
- Dramatic irony: a theatrical effect in which the meaning of a situation, or some incongruity in the plot, is understood by the audience, but not by the characters in the play.
- (countable) An ironic statement.
- (informal) Contradiction between circumstances and expectations; condition contrary to what might be expected.
- (rhetoric) The quality of a statement that, when taken in context, may actually mean something different from, or the opposite of, what is written literally; the use of words expressing something other than their literal intention, often in a humorous context.
- witty language used to convey insults or scorn
- a trope that involves incongruity between what is expected and what occurs
- incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs
adj
- Proivided with, or strengthened by, iron; shod with iron.
- That has been pressed or smoothed with a hot iron; pressed.
- (Of hair) Treated as with a hair iron; curled with a curling iron, or straightened with a straightening-iron or with electric straighteners.
- That has been put in irons; shackled.
- (of linens or clothes) smoothed with a hot iron
verb
adj
noun
- (countable, Cockney rhyming slang, offensive, shortened from iron hoof, rhyming with poof) A male homosexual.
- (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.
- (usually in the plural, irons) Shackles.
- (military, slang) A dumb bomb, one without guidance systems.
- (countable) A tool or appliance made of metal, which is heated and then used to transfer heat to something else; most often a thick piece of metal fitted with a handle and having a flat, roughly triangular bottom, which is heated and used to press wrinkles from clothing, and now usually containing an electrical heating apparatus.
- (uncountable, countable, metallurgy) Any material, not a steel, predominantly made of elemental iron.
- (uncountable) A dark shade of the color silver.
- (slang) A firearm, either a long gun or a handgun.
- A safety curtain in a theatre.
- (uncountable, figurative) Used as a symbol of great strength or toughness, or to signify a very strong or tough material.
- (countable, astronomy, geology) A meteorite consisting primarily of metallic iron (mixed with a small amount of nickel), as opposed to one composed mainly of stony material.
- Any of several other tools traditionally made of wrought iron, now usually of steel.
- (golf) A golf club used for middle-distance shots.
- (weightlifting) Weight used as resistance for the purpose of strength training.
- implement used to brand live stock
- a heavy ductile magnetic metallic element; is silver-white in pure form but readily rusts; used in construction and tools and armament; plays a role in the transport of oxygen by the blood
- home appliance consisting of a flat metal base that is heated and used to smooth cloth
- a golf club that has a relatively narrow metal head