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white iron

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A kind of cast iron that contains carbon as cementite.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Translations

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  • Chinese Mandarin: 白鐵 /白铁 (báitiě) — kind of cast iron that contains carbon as cementite
  • Chinese Mandarin: 馬口鐵 /马口铁 (mǎkǒutiě) — kind of cast iron that contains carbon as cementite
  • Czech: bílá litina — kind of cast iron that contains carbon as cementite
  • Finnish: valkoinen valurauta — kind of cast iron that contains carbon as cementite
  • French: fonte blanche — kind of cast iron that contains carbon as cementite
  • Japanese: 白鋳鉄 — kind of cast iron that contains carbon as cementite
  • Persian: چدن سفید (čodan-e sefid) — kind of cast iron that contains carbon as cementite
  • Russian: бе́лый чугу́н (bélyj čugún) — kind of cast iron that contains carbon as cementite