cast iron

Etymology
Derived from the casting of this form of iron. See wrought iron for comparison.

Noun

 * 1) A hard and brittle, but strong, alloy of iron, carbon, and silicon, formed by casting in a mould.
 * Cast iron is popular for cookware where an even heating temperature is important.

Translations

 * Armenian: ,
 * Azerbaijani: çuqun
 * Bashkir: суйын
 * Belarusian: чыгун
 * Bulgarian:
 * Burmese:
 * Catalan: ferro fos, ferro colat
 * Cherokee: ᏧᎳᏍᎩ
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish: støbejern
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: gisfero
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Georgian: თუჯი
 * German:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian: öntött vas,
 * Icelandic:
 * Ido: gis-fero
 * Indonesian:
 * Ingrian: cuguna
 * Irish: iarann múnla
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Kalmyk: цө
 * Kannada:
 * Kazakh: шоюн,
 * Korean:
 * Kumyk: чоюн
 * Latvian: čuguns, ķets
 * Lithuanian: ketus
 * Luxembourgish: Goss
 * Macedonian: леано железо
 * Maori: rino whakarewa
 * Navajo: béésh ditʼódí
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: støpejern, støypejern
 * Nynorsk: støypejarn, støypejern
 * Ottoman Turkish: دوكمه
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Punjabi: ਦੇਗੀ ਲੋਹਾ
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian: lijevano željezo
 * Slovak:
 * Southern Altai: чой
 * Spanish: hierro fundido, hierro colado,
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: binubong bakal
 * Tamil: வார்ப்பிரும்பு
 * Turkish:, ,
 * Ukrainian: чаву́н
 * Uzbek:
 * Vietnamese:
 * Welsh: haearn bwrw

Adjective



 * 1)  Made of cast iron.
 * I use a cast iron skillet for frying pancakes.
 * 1) Durable; tough; resilient.
 * Ernest has a cast iron constitution and never gets sick.
 * 1) Inflexible or without exception.
 * The school's cast iron policy on admissions fees left no leeway for needy students.
 * Ernest has a cast iron constitution and never gets sick.
 * 1) Inflexible or without exception.
 * The school's cast iron policy on admissions fees left no leeway for needy students.
 * The school's cast iron policy on admissions fees left no leeway for needy students.

Derived terms

 * cast-iron stomach

Translations

 * Armenian: ,
 * Bashkir: суйын
 * Bulgarian: чугунен
 * Finnish: ,
 * German:
 * Italian: di ghisa
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Russian:
 * Swedish: gjutjärns-
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: чаву́нний


 * Finnish:
 * Italian: di ferro
 * Russian:
 * Ukrainian: стале́вий, залі́зний, чаву́нний


 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Finnish: kiveen hakattu
 * Italian:
 * Russian:, ,
 * Ukrainian: суво́рий, жорстки́й