wrought iron en · NOUN
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Meanings
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A tough, malleable, ductile form of iron that is forged rather than cast, suitable for welding.
Wrought iron is essentially iron that has been worked so that its carbon content is radically reduced. For the purposes of rail bridge-building in the 19th century, this proved revolutionary, and highly advantageous over the dangerously brittle properties of cast iron.
2021 March 24, Dr. Joseph Brennan, “Metallic marvels from rail's Iron Age”, in RAIL, number 927, page 57:
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steel · ironware · ironworker · ironmonger
Translations (38)
fi takorauta (form of iron that is not cast) · vi sắt rèn (form of iron that is not cast) · nn smijern (form of iron that is not cast) · sv smidesjärn (form of iron that is not cast) · de Schmiedeeisen (form of iron that is not cast) · pa ਕਮਾਇਆ ਹੋਇਆ ਲੋਹਾ (form of iron that is not cast) · cs kované železo (form of iron that is not cast) · uk ковне́ залі́зо (form of iron that is not cast) · ro fier forjat (form of iron that is not cast) · cmn 熟鐵 /熟铁 (form of iron that is not cast) · ru ко́ваное желе́зо (form of iron that is not cast) · cmn 鍛鐵 /锻铁 (form of iron that is not cast) · ru сва́рочное желе́зо (form of iron that is not cast) · pl kute żelazo (form of iron that is not cast) · ja 錬鉄 (form of iron that is not cast) · gl ferro doce (form of iron that is not cast) · mk ковано железо (form of iron that is not cast) · my တေသံ (form of iron that is not cast) · fi kankirauta (form of iron that is not cast) · es fierro forjado (form of iron that is not cast) · mi rino rākai (form of iron that is not cast) · ca ferro forjat (form of iron that is not cast) · ko 연철 (form of iron that is not cast) · nl smeedijzer (form of iron that is not cast) · it ferro saldato (form of iron that is not cast) · nb smijern (form of iron that is not cast) · nn smijarn (form of iron that is not cast) · hu kovácsolt vas (form of iron that is not cast) · sh kovano željezo (form of iron that is not cast) · da smedejern (form of iron that is not cast) · fr fer forgé (form of iron that is not cast) · hy կռած երկաթ (form of iron that is not cast) · pt ferro forjado (form of iron that is not cast) · bg кова́но желя́зо (form of iron that is not cast) · ko 단철 (form of iron that is not cast) · es hierro forjado (form of iron that is not cast) · it ferro battuto (form of iron that is not cast) · uk ковке́ залі́зо (form of iron that is not cast)