wrought iron
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4.7
- noun
- /rɔt ˈaɪərn/
- Specialized
:
hierro forjado
- Rosita hung on to the wrought-iron fence in front of the school.
- wrought iron gate
Examples
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Hotel Ritz inscribed in wrought iron in the curve of the archway, over the iron filigree gates.
Fiction book (1993) -
Anna stopped on the sidewalk in front of the fancy wrought-iron gate.
Fiction book (1995) -
Her hand trembled as she placed her own glass on the wrought-iron table between us.
Fiction book (1997) -
But our room had French windows opening onto a balcony with wrought-iron railings.
Fiction book (1994) -
The houses in this street have front yards with wrought iron fences.
Fiction book (1996) -
We are sitting at one of the wrought iron tables in the Metropole's tea garden.
Fiction book (1995) -
Soon after, as the wrought-iron grated door opened, I saw a lofty figure.
Fiction book (1995) -
Every day she sees cats in windows or carefully walking out on the minuscule wrought-iron balconies.
Fiction book (1997) -
Large windows trimmed with fancy wrought iron latticework adorned the edifice.
Academic text (1998) -
The gazebo in the park features beautiful wrought iron railings that enhance its charm.
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'iron that has been worked or shaped' is directly derivable from combining 'wrought' (worked/shaped) with 'iron' (the metal). Although 'wrought' is somewhat less frequent/archaic in usage, the adjective+noun composition transparently denotes iron that has been worked, a pattern that is cross-linguistically common and therefore accessible to a B1 learner who knows both constituents.
Etymology
Wrought iron comes from old times when blacksmiths heated and hammered iron until it was wrought, a word meaning 'worked by hand'. So the name explains why it means strong, shaped metal often used for gates and decoration.