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iron-sick

iron-sick adjective: denoting ironwork that loose or corroded; said of a ship where the bolts and nails are so degraded with rust as to cause leaks.

Adjective

iron-sick (comparative more iron-sick, superlative most iron-sick)

  1. Denoting ironwork that loose or corroded; said of a ship where the bolts and nails are so degraded with rust as to cause leaks.

Forms of iron-sick

comparativemore iron-sick
superlativemost iron-sick
alternative formironsick

Origin of iron-sick

From iron + sick.

Questions about iron-sick

What does iron-sick mean?
Iron-sick means denoting ironwork that loose or corroded; said of a ship where the bolts and nails are so degraded with rust as to cause leaks.
What part of speech is iron-sick?
Iron-sick is an adjective.

Words near iron-sick in the dictionary

  1. iron-ore
  2. iron-ores
  3. iron-rich
  4. iron-shod
  5. iron-shot
  6. iron-sick
  7. iron-sulfur cluster
  8. iron-sulfur clusters
  9. iron-sulfur protein
  10. iron-sulfur proteins
  11. iron-sulphur cluster

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