IRON

• (noun) home appliance consisting of a flat metal base that is heated and used to smooth cloth

  synonyms : smoothing iron

• (noun) a golf club that has a relatively narrow metal head

• (noun) implement used to brand live stock

  synonyms : branding iron

• (noun) 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

  synonyms : atomic number 26 , fe

• (verb) press and smooth with a heated iron

  "press your shirts", "she stood there ironing"

  synonyms : iron out , press

• (adj.) extremely robust

  "an iron constitution"

  synonyms : cast-iron

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