ferrous

1. 1.

   of or relating to or containing iron

   Synonymsferric

Other forms of ferrous

comparative

ferrouser·

superlative

ferrousest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about ferrous

What does ferrous mean?

ferrous means "of or relating to or containing iron".

How many syllables are in ferrous?

ferrous has 2 syllables: fer-rous. The stress falls on "fer". In IPA it is /ˈfɛɹəs/.

What is another word for ferrous?

Close synonyms include ferric. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is ferrous a common word?

ferrous is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.