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pig iron
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noun
iron tapped from a blast furnace and cast into pigs in preparation for conversion into steel, cast iron, or wrought iron.
iron in the chemical state in which it exists when tapped from the blast furnace, without alloying or refinement.
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Origin of pig iron
First recorded in 1655–65
Words nearby pig iron
piggyback car, piggyback plant, piggy bank, pigheaded, pig in a poke, pig iron, Pig Island, Pig Islander, pig it, pig-jump, pig Latin
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British Dictionary definitions for pig iron
pig iron
noun
crude iron produced in a blast furnace and poured into moulds in preparation for making wrought iron, steels, alloys, etc
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