Collocations for "iron"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "iron" in context.
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iron
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- [cast, forged, wrought, scrap] iron
- [rusty, dirty, any] (old) iron
- is made (out) of iron
- contains (some, a lot of] iron
- [forge, weld, cut, shape] iron
- mine (for) iron
- need more iron in my [diet, blood, body]
- take supplements for low iron
- have [low, high] levels of iron
- have [a deficiency, an excess] of iron
- use a curling iron
- with a branding iron
- branded with a hot iron
- an iron for your clothes
- a [hot, heavy, steam] iron
- can I borrow your iron?
- do you need an iron?
- do you know how to use an iron?
- left the iron [on, plugged in]
- let the iron [cool down, heat up] (first)
- has a will of iron
- golf: [used, chose, selected] a [5] iron
- strike while the iron is hot
- UK: has plenty of irons in the fire
- iron [mining, ore]
- a [high, low] iron steel
- during the Iron Age
- takes iron supplements
- have [low, high] iron levels
- have an iron deficiency
- covered in iron oxide
- behind the Iron Curtain
- compete in an Iron Man (competition)
- rule with an iron fist
- has iron abs
- iron the [shirt, pants, blouse]
- iron his [shirt] for him
- iron his [shirt] for the [wedding, party, speech]
- iron out the [wrinkles, creases]
- ironing out [the details, their differences]
- ironed it out (between them)
- iron on a [patch, transfer]
- iron the [patch] onto your [jeans, pants]
- iron on a [high, low] heat
- iron and [press, steam, fold, pack]
- [needs to be, has already been] ironed
- UK: needs ironing
'iron' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
age
- ballast
- band
- bar
- barge
- blade
- brand
- brass
- burn
- cast
- cave
- clad
- compound
- cramp
- crease
- curtain
- exploitation
- fabric
- faggot
- fashion
- filing
- forge
- founder
- framework
- furnace
- garment
- gate
- heavy
- key
- kink
- label
- lack
- ledge
- loft
- magnet
- making
- mask
- mine
- mold
- molten
- ore
- partly
- pot
- press
- puddle
- pump
- red
- reinforce
- resolve
- rule