PIG IRON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pig iron mean? 

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

1. crude iron tapped from a blast furnace

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• PIG IRON (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Crude iron tapped from a blast furnace

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Nouns denoting substances

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

atomic number 26; Fe; iron (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)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pig iron"):

basic iron (pig iron containing a high percentage of phosphorus; used in making steel by a process that removes the phosphorus)

cinder pig (pig iron containing a substantial proportion of slag)

mine pig (pig iron made entirely from ore)

spiegel; spiegel iron; spiegeleisen (pig iron containing manganese; used as a deoxidizing agent and to raise the manganese content in making steel)

Holonyms ("pig iron" is a substance of...):

cast iron (an alloy of iron containing so much carbon that it is brittle and so cannot be wrought but must be shaped by casting)

wrought iron (iron having a low carbon content that is tough and malleable and so can be forged and welded)