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gal-iron

gal-iron noun: galvanized iron.

Noun

gal-iron (uncountable)

  1. (Australia, colloquial) Galvanized iron.
    • She eliminated those lonely treeless farmhouses with the sun beating on their shining gal-iron roofs.1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber, published 2003, page 12

Origin of gal-iron

Shortening.

Questions about gal-iron

What does gal-iron mean?
Gal-iron means galvanized iron.
What part of speech is gal-iron?
Gal-iron is a noun.

Words near gal-iron in the dictionary

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  8. gala
  9. gala dress
  10. gala dresses
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