iron

1. 1.

   press and smooth with a heated iron

   “press your shirts”

   “she stood there ironing”

   Synonymsiron outpress

   Broaderpress

   Narrowermangle

1. 1.

   extremely robust

   “an iron constitution”

   Synonymscast-iron

   Similarrobust

Other forms of iron

plural

irons·

past tense

ironned·

present participle

ironning·

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 iron

What does iron mean?

iron means "a heavy ductile magnetic metallic element; is silver-white in pure form but readily rusts; used in construction and tools and armament; plays a role in the transport of oxygen by the blood". That is the primary sense; the word has 6 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in iron?

iron has 2 syllables: i-ron. The stress falls on "i". In IPA it is /ˈaɪɚn/.

What is another word for iron?

Close synonyms include Fe, atomic number 26, branding iron, smoothing iron, iron out. 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 iron a common word?

iron is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.