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/ˈaɪ.ən/ · noun
(uncountable) A common, inexpensive metal, silvery grey when untarnished, that rusts, is attracted by magnets, and is used in making steel: a chemical element having atomic number 26 and symbol Fe..
Today we studied about metals — including iron — at school.
They gather one by one, trickling into the shady courtyard, the familiar hum of Mass. Ave. wafting in from behind brick buildings and iron gates.
It's many niggas now totin' iron.
Ah, throw that old iron over here! We'll pick it up and go on our way.
the stranger there among them had a big iron on his hip
The brassey much resembled the driver, but the iron opened out quite a new field of practice; […]
ironman; a will of iron
He appeared easygoing, but inside he was pure iron.
Use iron when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Iron means (uncountable) A common, inexpensive metal, silvery grey when untarnished, that rusts, is attracted by magnets, and is used in making steel: a chemical element having atomic number 26 and symbol Fe..
Common synonyms include press, ferrum, clothes iron, flatiron.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Today we studied about metals — including iron — at school.
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