irons

Noun

iron (countable and uncountable, plural irons)

1. (uncountable) A common, inexpensive metal, silvery grey when untarnished, that rusts, is attracted by magnets, and is used in making steel: a chemical element having atomic number 26 and symbol Fe.
   • Today we studied about metals — including iron — at school.

   Synonyms:

   ferrum

2. Any material, not a steel, predominantly made of elemental iron.
3. (countable) A tool or appliance made of metal, which is heated and then used to transfer heat to something else; most often a thick piece of metal fitted with a handle and having a flat, roughly triangular bottom, which is heated and used to press wrinkles from clothing, and now usually containing an electrical heating apparatus.

   Synonyms:

   clothes iron, flatiron, smoothing iron

4. Any of several other tools traditionally made of wrought iron, now usually of steel.
5. (plural-normally, irons) Shackles.
6. (slang) A firearm, either a long gun or a handgun.
   • It's many niggas now totin' iron.

   Synonyms:

   shooting iron

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