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IRONWORK
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Dictionary entry overview: What does ironwork mean?
• IRONWORK (noun)
The noun IRONWORK has 1 sense:
1. work made of iron (gratings or rails or railings etc)
Familiarity information: IRONWORK used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Work made of iron (gratings or rails or railings etc)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Context example:
the houses had much ornamental ironwork
Hypernyms ("ironwork" is a kind of...):
piece of work; work (a product produced or accomplished through the effort or activity or agency of a person or thing)
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