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WROUGHT IRON
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Iron having a low carbon content that is tough and malleable and so can be forged and welded
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("wrought iron" is a kind of...):
atomic number 26; Fe; iron (a heavy ductile magnetic metallic element; is silver-white in pure form but readily rusts; used in construction and tools and armament; plays a role in the transport of oxygen by the blood)
Meronyms (substance of "wrought iron"):
pig iron (crude iron tapped from a blast furnace)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "wrought iron"):
Swedish iron (wrought iron of high purity made in Sweden)
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