ironwork
pronunciation
How to pronounce ironwork in British English:
UK [ˈaɪənwɜ:k]
How to pronounce ironwork in American English:
US [ˈaɪərnwɜrk]
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- Noun:
- work made of iron (gratings or rails or railings etc)
Word Origin
- ironwork (n.)
- early 15c., from iron (n.) + work (n.).
Example
- 1. Brick houses with painted ironwork .
- 2. The staircase has fine ironwork .
- 3. The blacksmithing industry is going through something of a renaissance , thanks to demand from patrons looking for custom-made ironwork and art .
- 4. The bishop had had all this ironwork removed , and this door was never fastened , either by night or by day , with anything except the latch .
- 5. And yet from the on-ramp where the taxi let me off that saturday morning it seemed more like a figment of the imagination a ghostly ironwork extrusion vanishing in the monsoon murk stretching to some otherworld .