cast iron
cast iron
nounDefinition of CAST IRON
: a commercial alloy of iron, carbon, and silicon that is cast in a mold and is hard, brittle, nonmalleable, and incapable of being hammer-welded but more easily fusible than steel
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- The fence is made of cast iron.
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