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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

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

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

Says Harrison, 52, a structural iron worker: "We enjoy traveling around the country and making friends at cat shows."

From Time Magazine Archive

Perhaps it was a huge stone to be moved, or a piece of structural iron, or a heavy rail to be torn up.

From Quiet Talks on Service by S. D. (Samuel Dickey) Gordon

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