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box iron

box iron noun: a non-electric clothes iron which is heated by placing something hot (as a piece of iron (the slug), or heated charcoal) into its hollow chamber.

Noun

box iron (plural box irons)

  1. A non-electric clothes iron which is heated by placing something hot (as a piece of iron (the slug), or heated charcoal) into its hollow chamber.

Forms of box iron

pluralbox irons

Questions about box iron

What does box iron mean?
Box iron means a non-electric clothes iron which is heated by placing something hot (as a piece of iron (the slug), or heated charcoal) into its hollow chamber.
What part of speech is box iron?
Box iron is a noun.
What is the plural of box iron?
The plural of box iron is box irons.

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