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STRUCTURAL IRON
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Dictionary entry overview: What does structural iron mean?
• STRUCTURAL IRON (noun)
The noun STRUCTURAL IRON has 1 sense:
1. iron that has been cast or worked in structural shapes
Familiarity information: STRUCTURAL IRON used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Iron that has been cast or worked in structural shapes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Hypernyms ("structural 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)
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