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making-iron

making-iron noun: a tool somewhat like a chisel with a groove in it, used by caulkers of ships to finish the seams after the oakum has been driven in.

Noun

making-iron (plural making-irons)

  1. A tool somewhat like a chisel with a groove in it, used by caulkers of ships to finish the seams after the oakum has been driven in.

Forms of making-iron

pluralmaking-irons

Questions about making-iron

What does making-iron mean?
Making-iron means a tool somewhat like a chisel with a groove in it, used by caulkers of ships to finish the seams after the oakum has been driven in.
What part of speech is making-iron?
Making-iron is a noun.
What is the plural of making-iron?
The plural of making-iron is making-irons.

Words near making-iron in the dictionary

  1. making way
  2. making whole
  3. making whoopee
  4. making with
  5. making wudu
  6. making-iron
  7. making-irons
  8. making-of
  9. making-ofs
  10. makings
  11. Makinohara

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