iron in English: 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. (noun)

Translation

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.

Word origin

From Old English iren, the name of the metal, shared across the old Germanic languages.

Gender

Pluralirons

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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.

metal

A hard, shiny material such as iron, gold or silver, which heat and electricity pass through easily.

hot

Having a high heat; very warm to feel or taste.

clothes

The things people wear, such as shirts, trousers and coats.

gold

A shiny yellow metal that is worth a lot of money.

wash

To make something clean with water, and often with soap.

chain

A line of metal rings joined one to the next.

steel

A very strong, hard metal made from iron, used for buildings, tools, and machines.

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