wrought
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8.1
- adjective
- /rɔt/
- Specialized
:
forjado
- Beyond the awning, in the sun, others sat at black, wrought-iron tables placed close together on the paving stones.
- wrought iron
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) -
The design was of a wrought-iron palm tree and a wrought-iron sea.
Fiction book (1991) -
And it's just this really pretty cream wrought iron bed with like nice posts and little hearts as well.
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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) -
One wall of the small chapel consisted of a large, elaborate wrought iron gate.
Fiction book (1991) -
But our room had French windows opening onto a balcony with wrought-iron railings.
Fiction book (1994) -
Rosita hung on to the wrought-iron fence in front of the school.
Fiction book (1997) -
Over the hearth, a masterpiece of decorative wrought ironwork would have supported a spit-roast and proclaimed the standing of its owner.
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The artist created a stunning sculpture from wrought iron, showcasing intricate details and craftsmanship.
Synonyms
Metal shaped with a hammer that shows small marks
Metal that people make thin and flat by hitting it with a hammer
Made by hand, not by machine
A thing made by bending or pressing soft material to fit another thing
Compounds
- Specialized
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4.7
A strong kind of iron that is easy to shape and used for gates and railings
How Shaped
Surface Forms
Etymology
Wrought is an old past form of the verb work, and it literally means 'worked' or 'shaped by effort'. So when metal is called wrought, it helps to imagine someone hammering and carefully 'working' it into shape.