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cast-iron


adjective

  1. made of cast iron.
  2. not subject to change or exception: a cast-iron rule.
  3. hardy: a cast-iron stomach.

noun

  1. an alloy of iron, carbon, and other elements, cast as a soft and strong, or as a hard and brittle, iron, depending on the mixture and methods of molding.

noun

  1. iron containing so much carbon (1.7 to 4.5 per cent) that it cannot be wrought and must be cast into shape

adjective cast-iron

  1. made of cast iron
  2. rigid, strong, or unyieldinga cast-iron decision
n.

1660s, from cast (past participle adjective) “made by melting and being left to harden in a mold” (1530s), from past participle of cast (v.) in sense “to throw something in a particular way” (c.1300), especially “form metal into a shape by pouring it molten” (1510s). From 1690s as an adjective, cast-iron.

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