Word
Cast iron
How many syllables?
2 Syllables
How it's divided?
cast i-ron
Definition
- - Highly carbonized iron, the direct product of the blast
furnace; -- used for making castings, and for conversion into wrought
iron and steel. It can not be welded or forged, is brittle, and
sometimes very hard. Besides carbon, it contains sulphur, phosphorus,
silica, etc.
- noun - An alloy of iron containing so much carbon that it is brittle and so cannot be wrought but must be shaped by casting
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