[{"word":"irons","phonetics":[],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"A common, inexpensive metal, silvery grey when untarnished, that rusts, is attracted by magnets, and is used in making steel.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"A metallic chemical element having atomic number 26 and symbol Fe.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"Any material, not a steel, predominantly made of elemental iron.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"wrought iron, ductile iron, cast iron, pig iron, gray iron"},{"definition":"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":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"(usually plural, irons) Shackles.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"A firearm, either a long gun or a handgun.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"A dark shade of the colour/color silver.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"(shortened from iron hoof, rhyming with poof; countable) A male homosexual.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"A golf club used for middle-distance shots.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"Used as a symbol of great strength or toughness, or to signify a very strong or tough material.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"He appeared easygoing, but inside he was pure iron."},{"definition":"Weight used as resistance for the purpose of strength training.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"He lifts iron on the weekends."},{"definition":"A safety curtain in a theatre.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"Dumb bombs, those without guidance systems.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":["poof","queer","ferrum","shackles","energy","force","clothes iron","flatiron","smoothing iron"],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To pass an iron over (clothing or some other item made of cloth) in order to remove creases.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To shackle with irons; to fetter or handcuff.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To furnish or arm with iron.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"to iron a wagon"}],"synonyms":["press"],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"Shackles","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"Up the irons!"},{"definition":"A lack of forward motion.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"The stirrups.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/iron","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/irons"]}]