Etymology 1

From , a rhotacism of (also , ). Cognate with Danish , Middle Dutch (Dutch ), Frankish , Old Frisian , Old High German (German ), Old Norse (also ) Swedish , Old Saxon .

The word derives from the , which is most likely from the (Old Irish , Welsh ), from the , from the . Cognate on that level to the Sanskrit and the Greek . Possibly akin to the Latin .

Noun

1. A metallic chemical element having atomic number 26, and symbol Fe.
2. 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.
3. Shackles.
4. A handgun.
5. A dark shade of the colour/color silver.
6. A male homosexual.
7. A golf club used for middle-distance shots.

Synonyms

ferrum flatiron , smoothing iron shackles poof, queer

Hypernyms

chemical element, metal; atom tool, mechanical device restraint weapon colour, color; shade; silver

Hyponyms

leg irons driving iron, long iron, short iron, 1-iron, 2-iron, 3-iron, 4-iron, 5-iron, 6-iron, 7-iron, 8-iron, 9-iron,

Meronyms

• electron
• neutron
• proton

Coordinate terms

scandium, titanium, vanadium, chromium, manganese, cobalt, nickel, copper, zinc, yttrium, zirconium, niobium (columbium), molybdenum, technetium, ruthenium, rhodium, palladium, silver, cadmium, hafnium, tantalum, tungsten, rhenium, osmium, iridium, platinum, gold, mercury, rutherfordium (kurchatovium, dubnium), dubnium (hahnium, nielsbohrium, joliotium), seaborgium (rutherfordium), bohrium (nielsbohrium), hassium (hahnium), meitnerium, darmstadtium, roentgenium mangle

See also

• cementite
• colcothar
• ferrate
• ferratin
• ferredoxin
• ferretto
• ferrimagnetism

• ferrite
• ferritin
• ferronerie
• ferronnerie
• ferronière
• ferronnière
• Flores martis

• haem
• heme
• haematite
• hematite
• haemochromatosis
• hemochromatosis
• magnetite

• molysite
• nife
• Prussian blue
• rust
• steel
• synthetic maghemite
• wustite
• wüstite

Adjective

1. Made of the metal iron.
2. Strong (as of will), inflexible.

   She had an iron will.

   He held on with an iron grip.

Verb

1. To pass an iron over (clothing or some other item made of cloth) in order to remove creases.