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iron brew

iron brew noun: an orange-coloured Scottish carbonated soft drink.

Noun

iron brew (countable and uncountable, plural iron brews)

  1. An orange-coloured Scottish carbonated soft drink.
    • A cool box holds 10 cans of cola and 6 cans of iron brew. What is the probability that: (a) a can of cola is selected at random (b) after drinking the cola, the next can selected is iron brew?2005, Scottish Secondary Maths Red, page 181

Forms of iron brew

pluraliron brews

Origin of iron brew

From a trade name introduced in 1901, later changed to Irn-Bru because of legislation forbidding the word brew in names of non-brewed products.

Questions about iron brew

What does iron brew mean?
Iron brew means an orange-coloured Scottish carbonated soft drink.
What part of speech is iron brew?
Iron brew is a noun.
What is the plural of iron brew?
The plural of iron brew is iron brews.

Words near iron brew in the dictionary

  1. iron blue
  2. iron blues
  3. iron bomb
  4. iron bombs
  5. iron box
  6. iron brew
  7. iron brews
  8. iron bridge
  9. iron buff
  10. iron butterflies
  11. iron butterfly

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