irons
See also: Irons
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- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈaɪɚnz/
Audio (US) (file) - (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈaɪənz/
- Rhymes: -aɪə(ɹ)nz
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irons
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irons pl (plural only)
- (dated) Shackles.
- He’s been clapped in irons!
- (nautical) A lack of forward motion. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
- Alice steered the boat into the wind, so we were stuck in irons.
- (equestrianism) The stirrups.
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Verb edit
irons
- third-person singular simple present indicative of iron
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