irons

i·ron  (rn)

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.

a. To press and smooth with a heated iron: iron clothes.

b. 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:

iron out

To settle through discussion or compromise; work out.

Idioms:

in irons Nautical

Lying head to the wind and unable to turn either way.

iron in the fire

An undertaking or project in progress: has many irons in the fire this year.

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

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irons [ˈaɪənz]

pl n

1. fetters or chains (often in the phrase in or into irons)

(Transport / Nautical Terms)

in irons Nautical (of a sailing vessel) headed directly into the wind without steerageway

have several irons in the fire to be involved in many projects, activities, etc.

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Irons [ˈaɪənz]

n

(Biographies / Irons, Jeremy (1948 M, British, FILMS AND TV: actor, THEATRE: stage actor) Jeremy. born 1948, British film and stage actor. His films include The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981), The Mission (1986), Reversal of Fortune (1990), and Lolita (1997)

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

irons - metal shackles; for hands or legs chains hamper, shackle, trammel, bond - a restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner) plural, plural form - the form of a word that is used to denote more than one

Translations

irons [ˈaɪənz] npl (chains) → catene fpl

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irons [ˈaɪənz] npl (chains) → catene fpl