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iron crosses

iron crosses is the plural of iron cross.

Meaning of iron cross

Noun

iron cross (plural iron crosses)

  1. A position on the rings where the gymnast holds the rings straight out on either side of the body.
  2. (moguls freestyle skiing) an acrobatic maneuver where the skier remains upright, but the lower leg bends back at the knee 90 degrees, and the ankles twist 45 degrees, so that the back of the skis form a right-angle cross
  3. A defensive strategy in which the two defencemen, a forward and the goaltender align themselves in a diamond shape so that imaginary lines drawn through the two defencemen and through the forward and goaltender form the shape of a cross.
  4. A house plant, Oxalis tetraphylla.
    Synonyms:
    lucky clover, four-leaf sorrel, four-leaved pink-sorrel

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Noun capitalized: Iron Crosses

Iron Crosses

  1. (plural) plural of Iron Cross

Questions about iron crosses

What is iron crosses the plural of?
Iron crosses is the plural of iron cross.
What part of speech is iron crosses?
Iron crosses is a noun.

Words near iron crosses in the dictionary

  1. iron clay
  2. iron condor
  3. iron condors
  4. Iron County
  5. iron cross
  6. iron crosses
  7. Iron Crown
  8. iron curtain
  9. iron curtains
  10. iron deficiency
  11. Iron Dome

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