wrought iron

noun

: a commercial form of iron that is tough, malleable, and relatively soft, contains less than 0.3 percent and usually less than 0.1 percent carbon, and carries 1 or 2 percent of slag mechanically mixed with it

Examples of wrought iron in a Sentence

an antique wrought iron fence

a chair made of wrought iron

Recent Examples on the Web

There's also the light fixtures decorated with gnomes, plaster figurines of knights and other medieval figures, and wrought iron decorations created by Cyril Colnik − whose work also can be seen at Milwaukee's Villa Terrace Decorative Arts Museum. —Tom Daykin, jsonline.com, 16 Sep. 2025

Consider rustic wood tables, vintage rugs, wrought iron chandeliers, and soft limewashed walls. —Sophie Flaxman, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Sep. 2025

The nods to history continue in the guestrooms, where vintage leather pommel horses serve as benches and wrought iron and rich wood accents evoke a fin-de-siècle opulence. —Kate Kassin, Bon Appetit Magazine, 5 Sep. 2025

Early cans were massive hunks of metal, sometimes literal wrought iron. —Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 28 Aug. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1678, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for wrought iron

• flatiron
• gridiron

Kids Definition

wrought iron

noun

: a commercial form of iron that is tough but soft and that can be hammered and shaped