Meaning
A heavy tool with a flat bottom that you heat and push over clothes to make them smooth; also the hard grey metal it is made from.
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Word origin
From Old English iren, the name of the metal, shared across the old Germanic languages.
- Origin
- Old English
- Root
- iren
Grammar
Examples
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Here an iron is the tool you use on clothes.
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Here iron is the hard grey metal, and it has no plural.
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"Iron" is a verb too: to use an iron on clothes.
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 20, lesson 12: iron, studio, wipe and 3 more words.