English Dictionary

iron

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈaɪ.ən/

名詞

不可算名詞 可算名詞 複数形 通常 俗語 コックニー 攻撃的 比喩的用法

(uncountable) A common, inexpensive metal, silvery grey when untarnished, that rusts, is attracted by magnets, and is used in making steel.

日本語の意味

鉄：一般的で安価な金属。 / 無垢な状態では銀灰色を呈し、酸化して錆びやすい。また、磁石に引き寄せられる性質がある。 / 鋼の製造など、様々な鉄合金の原料として利用される。

The old hook was made of iron and had rusted around the edges.

その古いフックは鉄でできていて、縁がさびていた。

意味（1）

(uncountable) A common, inexpensive metal, silvery grey when untarnished, that rusts, is attracted by magnets, and is used in making steel.

意味（2）

(uncountable, physics, chemistry, metallurgy) A metallic chemical element having atomic number 26 and symbol Fe.

意味（3）

(uncountable, countable, metallurgy) Any material, not a steel, predominantly made of elemental iron.

wrought iron, ductile iron, cast iron, pig iron, gray iron

意味（4）

(countable) A tool or appliance made of metal, which is heated and then used to transfer heat to something else; most often a thick piece of metal fitted with a handle and having a flat, roughly triangular bottom, which is heated and used to press wrinkles from clothing, and now usually containing an electrical heating apparatus.

意味（5）

(usually plural, irons) shackles.

意味（6）

(slang) A firearm, either a long gun or a handgun.

Ah, throw that old iron over here! We'll pick it up and go on our way.

意味（7）

(uncountable) A dark shade of the color silver.

意味（8）

(Cockney rhyming slang, shortened from iron hoof, rhyming with poof; countable, offensive) A male homosexual.

意味（9）

(golf) A golf club used for middle-distance shots.

The brassey much resembled the driver, but the iron opened out quite a new field of practice; […]

意味（10）

(uncountable, figuratively) Used as a symbol of great strength or toughness, or to signify a very strong or tough material.

a will of iron

意味（11）

(weightlifting) Weight used as resistance for the purpose of strength training.

He lifts iron on the weekends.

意味（12）

(countable, astronomy, geology) A meteorite consisting primarily of metallic iron (mixed with a small amount of nickel), as opposed to one composed mainly of stony material.

Irons and stony irons can be much larger than stony meteorites and are much more visually striking, but make up only a few percent of all meteorites.

意味（13）

A safety curtain in a theatre.

意味（14）

(military, slang) dumb bombs, those without guidance systems.

irons （ plural ）