BASIC IRON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does basic iron mean? 

• BASIC IRON (noun)
  The noun BASIC IRON has 1 sense:

1. pig iron containing a high percentage of phosphorus; used in making steel by a process that removes the phosphorus

  Familiarity information: BASIC IRON used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BASIC IRON (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Pig iron containing a high percentage of phosphorus; used in making steel by a process that removes the phosphorus

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Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("basic iron" is a kind of...):

pig iron (crude iron tapped from a blast furnace)