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structural iron

American  

noun

  1. iron shaped for use in construction.


Etymology

Origin of structural iron

First recorded in 1890–95

Example Sentences

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They match structural iron tubing from the single-winged plane's fuselage.

From Reuters • Jan. 5, 2010

Heaviest March employment losses were reported in these industries: woolen goods, hosiery, men's clothes, beef slaughtering, railroad repairing, oil refining, boots & shoes, structural iron.

From Time Magazine Archive

He was also a miner, a structural iron worker, a copyboy in the advertising department of a German newspaper.

From Time Magazine Archive

Miss Potter sailed with a lusty boatload of ditch diggers, carpenters, welders, structural iron workers and cat-operators from Seattle.

From Time Magazine Archive

The duty free list includes raw cotton, certain descriptions of live animals, agricultural machinery and implements, metal wire, fire engines, structural iron and steel, and machinery in general.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" by Various

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