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WROUGHT IRON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does wrought iron mean? 

WROUGHT IRON (noun)
  The noun WROUGHT IRON has 1 sense:

1. iron having a low carbon content that is tough and malleable and so can be forged and weldedplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


WROUGHT IRON (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Iron having a low carbon content that is tough and malleable and so can be forged and welded

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("wrought 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)

Meronyms (substance of "wrought iron"):

pig iron (crude iron tapped from a blast furnace)

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

Swedish iron (wrought iron of high purity made in Sweden)


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