ironclad
pronunciation
How to pronounce ironclad in British English:
UK ['aɪənklæd]
How to pronounce ironclad in American English:
US [ˈaɪənˌklæd]
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- Adjective:
- inflexibly entrenched and unchangeable
- without flaws or loopholes
Word Origin
- ironclad (adj.)
- 1852, of warships, American English, from iron (n.) + clad. Of contracts, etc., 1884. As a noun meaning "iron-clad ship," it is attested from 1862.
Example
- 1. There is no ironclad way to judge the stimulus , because we can 't rerun the last six months in an alternate universe .
- 2. In return for joining the fight , they want ironclad guarantees that in a future syria , their national rights will be respected in full .
- 3. A bank of spain study suggests that this is down to a two-tier labour market , which condemns a third of the workforce to a merry-go-round of unstable , temporary jobs while the rest enjoy ironclad permanent contracts .
- 4. For more than 50 years , the seemingly ironclad biological rule was that women and other female mammals produce a finite number of egg cells during their embryonic development , then shut down egg production for good .
- 5. Spain 's labour laws , which date back to the franco era , have condemned half the workforce to unemployment or to temporary jobs while the rest enjoy ironclad contracts and huge redundancy pay-offs .