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Word entry · 4 letters

iron

Best crossword clue

"Clothes presser"

4 letters · collected on this word page

4 lettersPronunciation /ˈaɪ.ən/Part of speech verb, adjective, nounSorted inorStarts with IEnds with N10 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. press and smooth with a heated iron

Word origin

From Middle English iren, from Old English īsern, īsærn, īren, īsen, from Proto-West Germanic *īsarn, from Proto-Germanic *īsarną (“iron”), from Proto-Celtic *īsarnom (“iron”), possibly a derivation from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésh₂r̥ (“blood”).

Used in a sentence

  • “Today we studied about metals — including iron — at school.”
  • “They gather one by one, trickling into the shady courtyard, the familiar hum of Mass. Ave. wafting in from behind brick buildings and iron gates.”
  • “It's many niggas now totin' iron.”

Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0

Used as a crossword answer10 curated clues

01“Clothes presser”4 letters
02“Hard metal”4 letters
03“Metal for tools”4 letters
04“Metal in a gate”4 letters
05“Metal in a pan”4 letters
06“Metal in a skillet”4 letters
07“Metal in many tools”4 letters
08“Metal in tools”4 letters
09“Metal or clothes press”4 letters
10“Metal used for tools”4 letters

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