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noun
Anything made wholly or largely of iron, especially when used for decoration.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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noun
An ironworks.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, dated
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noun
work made of iron (gratings or rails or railings etc)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: work, piece of work
History
From Middle English ironwerk, irynwerk, equivalent to iron + -work.
Across languages
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