iron
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7.6
- noun
- /ˈaɪərn/
- Massa's wife branded me with a hot iron.
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Examples
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As long as you don't get in the way of the branding iron, it doesn't matter too much.
Fiction book (1998) -
During the ceremony, they displayed an ancient iron used for branding livestock generations ago.
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Boy I'm as frazzled as a cow's hide under a branding iron.
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One fall, I was putting together a transistor radio, using a soldering iron in my dorm room.
Academic text (1993) -
Wincing at the creaking of the rusty iron hinges, Mont pushed on the lattice grate.
Fiction book (1992) -
The rancher used the heated iron to brand the cattle with his unique mark.
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After heating the iron, she pressed it firmly against the hide to create a permanent symbol.
Synonyms
3
5.7
A long metal tool you heat to burn a mark on animals to show who owns them
A person or tool that uses a hot iron to mark animals to show who owns them
Idioms
- Informal
2
4.7
Do something quickly to use a good chance before it ends
Compounds
- Specialized
29
3.7
A very hard but brittle metal made by melting iron and pouring it into molds
- Literature
16
6.8
A strong political barrier that separated Eastern and Western Europe during the Cold War
- Specialized
14
4.7
A strong kind of iron that is easy to shape and used for gates and railings
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2.7
A kitchen tool with two hot plates that cooks batter into a patterned breakfast food
- Archaic
6
6.7
A machine that surrounds the body and helps a person breathe by changing air pressure
- Specialized
3
5.9
A golf club with a slanted face for hitting high shots toward the green
- Specialized
2
4.9
People pour hot iron from a furnace into bars to be made into steel later
- Literature
2
7.2
A nickname for a woman political leader, not only Margaret Thatcher, seen as strong and strict
- NSFW
2
9.9
An iron box shaped like a person with spikes inside that causes great pain or death
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1.1
A small machine with a flat hot metal base used to press clothes and remove wrinkles
- Literature
1
6.5
A nickname for Margaret Thatcher, the first female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, known for her strict leadership
- Specialized
1
6.3
A golf club with a long shaft and angled face for hitting long, low shots
- Specialized
1
3.2
A health condition when the body lacks iron, making you tired and pale
- Jargon
1
8.2
A long golf club with an almost straight face used to hit the ball far from the tee or fairway
1
3.8
A tiny piece of iron that comes off metal when you scrape it, used to show how magnets work
- Specialized
1
4.8
A thin flat metal made by rolling or hammering used for roofs and building parts
- Archaic
1
9.1
A hot metal tool that burns body tissue to stop bleeding or remove growths
- Archaic
1
9.7
A golf club like an iron used to roll the ball on the green before modern clubs
- Specialized
1
4.9
A length of metal bent into an L shape used to support or join things like shelves
- Literature
1
8.6
A name for Otto von Bismarck, the German leader who united Germany in the 1800s
- NSFW
1
9.9
A heavy metal thing shaped like a boot used to crush or burn a person's foot and leg
1
9.9
A small slow-growing tree from northern Iran with very hard wood and a low domed shape
- Specialized
1
6.5
A type of raw iron with high phosphorus used to make steel after removing it
- Literature
1
9.6
A British general and politician best known for defeating Napoleon at Waterloo
- Specialized
1
4.6
Metal shaped into parts that hold up buildings like beams and columns
- Specialized
1
5.8
A dark rock with much iron that sticks to a magnet and people use to make iron
Surface Forms
Etymology
Iron The noun iron for a branding tool is literally a hot rod of iron used to mark animals. So a branding iron is simply the hot metal tool used to leave a permanent mark.