SEARING IRON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does searing iron mean? 

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

1. a hot iron used to destroy tissue

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SEARING IRON (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A hot iron used to destroy tissue

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

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

cauterant; cautery (an instrument or substance used to destroy tissue for medical reasons (eg removal of a wart) by burning it with a hot iron or an electric current or a caustic or by freezing it)