white iron

noun

1

: iron in thin sheets coated with tin : tinplate

2

: a hard silvery-white pig iron or cast iron having its carbon content almost entirely in combined form

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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Rhymes for white iron

• flatiron
• gridiron