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ironfield

ironfield noun: an area where ironstone or iron ore is quarried or mined.

Noun

ironfield (plural ironfields)

  1. An area where ironstone or iron ore is quarried or mined.
    • The east-west flow consists in the westerly direction of the agricultural and industrial products of East Anglia; imports through London and Parkeston (Harwich); special traffic in coke to the Northamptonshire ironfield; and mineral empties returning to the Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, and South...1954 August, “Marshalling Yard Reorganisation, Eastern Region”, in Railway Magazine, page 570

Forms of ironfield

pluralironfields

Origin of ironfield

From iron + field.

Questions about ironfield

What does ironfield mean?
Ironfield means an area where ironstone or iron ore is quarried or mined.
What part of speech is ironfield?
Ironfield is a noun.
What is the plural of ironfield?
The plural of ironfield is ironfields.

Words near ironfield in the dictionary

  1. ironed out
  2. ironedetate
  3. ironer
  4. ironers
  5. irones
  6. ironfield
  7. ironfields
  8. ironfisted
  9. ironfistedness
  10. ironfounder
  11. ironfounders

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