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structural iron

noun

  1. iron shaped for use in construction.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of structural iron1

First recorded in 1890–95
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Example Sentences

Big John Pooley was accused outright of dishonest accounting, by one violent structural iron worker.

Previous to his very recent contact with the West, he never knew what structural iron and machinery were.

Perhaps it was a huge stone to be moved, or a piece of structural iron, or a heavy rail to be torn up.

Mill machinery and structural iron is shipped in large quantities to Europe, South America, and other foreign lands.

Manufacturing interests are large, consisting mainly of structural iron, mill machinery, engines and various kinds of bent-wood.

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