PLATE IRON

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A plate of iron

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("plate iron" is a kind of...):

plate (a sheet of metal or wood or glass or plastic)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "plate iron"):

boilerplate (thick plate iron used in the production of boilers)

sheet iron (plate iron thinner than tank iron)

stovepipe iron (plate iron that is thinner than tank iron)

tank iron (plate iron that is thinner than boilerplate but thicker than sheet iron or stovepipe iron)