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ironbound

ironbound adjective: bound with iron, ironclad.

Adjective

ironbound (comparative more ironbound, superlative most ironbound)

  1. Bound with iron, ironclad.
  2. (figuratively) Rugged.
    • an ironbound coast
    • He rose and went down to the kitchen, where he knew a fire was burning, and there the terrified servants were all assembled, all agreeing, as the blast came roaring down the chimney, they never had witnessed such a storm, and between the gusts, breathing shuddering prayers for those who were “out...1820, [Charles Robert Maturin], Melmoth the Wanderer: A Tale. […], volume I, Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Company, and Hurst, Robinson, and Co., […], →OCLC, page 150
  3. (figuratively) Rigid, unyielding.
    • ironbound traditions

Forms of ironbound

comparativemore ironbound
superlativemost ironbound

Origin of ironbound

From iron + bound.

Questions about ironbound

What does ironbound mean?
Ironbound means bound with iron, ironclad.
What part of speech is ironbound?
Ironbound is an adjective.

Words near ironbound in the dictionary

  1. iron-willed
  2. ironable
  3. ironbark
  4. ironbarks
  5. Ironbottom Sound
  6. ironbound
  7. Ironbridge
  8. ironcaps spider orchid
  9. ironcaps spider orchids
  10. ironclad
  11. ironclad beetle

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