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1. noun1) (( also adjective) (of) an element that is the most common metal, is very hard, and is widely used for making tools etc: Steel is made from iron; The ground is as hard as iron; iron railings; iron determination (= very strong determination).) železo2) (a flat-bottomed instrument that is heated up and used for smoothing clothes etc: I've burnt a hole in my dress with the iron.) likalnik3) (a type of golf-club.) palica za golf2. verb(to smooth (clothes etc) with an iron: This dress needs to be ironed; I've been ironing all afternoon.) likati- ironing- irons
- ironing-board
- ironmonger
- ironmongery
- have several
- too many irons in the fire
- iron out
- strike while the iron is hot* * *I [áiən]adjectiveželezen, železov, barve železa; figuratively krepak, trden; figuratively trd, krut, okruten; figuratively nezlomljiv, neupogljivthe Iron Chancellor — Bismarck, železni kanclerthe Iron Duke — Wellington, železni vojvodaII [áiən]nounželezo; železen predmet (npr. vžigalo znamenja v kožo), likalnik, rezilo orodja, harpuna; plural okovi; poetically meč, orožje; plural medicine železna opora za nogoslang shooting iron — revolvernautical in(to) irons — v vetru, ki se ne da obrnitia man of iron — človek železne volje; trd, nepopustljiv človekto have too many irons in the fire — imeti preveč železa v ognju, delati preveč stvari hkratiIII [áiən]transitive verblikati; vkleniti, vkovati, obiti z železom; figuratively (iz)gladiti
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