pig iron

pig iron

n.

Crude iron cast in blocks.

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pig iron

Noun

crude iron produced in a blast furnace and poured into moulds

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Noun

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pig iron - crude iron tapped from a blast furnace atomic number 26, Fe, iron - 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 basic iron - pig iron containing a high percentage of phosphorus; used in making steel by a process that removes the phosphorus cast iron - an alloy of iron containing so much carbon that it is brittle and so cannot be wrought but must be shaped by casting wrought iron - iron having a low carbon content that is tough and malleable and so can be forged and welded cinder pig - pig iron containing a substantial proportion of slag mine pig - pig iron made entirely from ore spiegel, spiegel iron, spiegeleisen - pig iron containing manganese; used as a deoxidizing agent and to raise the manganese content in making steel