nine iron

1. 1.

   an iron with considerable loft

   Synonymsniblick

   Broaderiron

Questions about nine iron

What does nine iron mean?

nine iron means "an iron with considerable loft".

What is another word for nine iron?

Close synonyms include niblick. 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 nine iron a common word?

nine iron 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.