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ironfields

ironfields is the plural of ironfield.

Meaning of ironfield

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

Questions about ironfields

What is ironfields the plural of?
Ironfields is the plural of ironfield.

Words near ironfields in the dictionary

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

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