irons Definition

a silver-white malleable ductile magnetic heavy metallic element that readily rusts in moist air, occurs native in meteorites and combined in most igneous rocks, is the most used of metals, and is vital to biological processes

something made of iron: such as

a household device usually with a flat metal base that is heated to smooth, finish, or press (such as cloth)

to smooth with or as if with a heated iron

to remove (something, such as wrinkles) by ironing

to shackle with irons

activities or projects that someone is involved in

utensils (such as tongs) for tending a fire especially in a fireplace

the form of iron stable below 910°C (1670°F)

an iron cleat for joining parts of a structure at an angle

a piece of structural steel rolled with an L-shaped section

a commercial alloy of iron, carbon, and silicon that is cast in a mold and is hard, brittle, nonmalleable, and incapable of being hammer-welded but more easily fusible than steel

a steel framework with spikes attached that may be affixed to one's boots for climbing something (such as a pole or tree)

a rod-shaped usually metal instrument which is heated and around which a lock of hair to be curled or waved is wound

iron containing only small proportions of impurities (such as less than 0.05 percent carbon)