Dictionary.com

structural iron

noun

iron shaped for use in construction.

QUIZZES

DISCOVER THE INFLUENCE OF PORTUGUESE ON ENGLISH VIA THIS QUIZ!

We’ve gathered some interesting words donated to English from Portuguese … as well as some that just don’t translate at all. Do you know what they mean?
Question 1 of 11
Which of the following animal names traces its immediate origin to Portuguese?
owl
crow
piranha
TAKE THE QUIZ TO FIND OUT

Origin of structural iron

First recorded in 1890–95

Words nearby structural iron

structural anthropology, structural formula, structural functionalism, structural gene, structural geology, structural iron, structuralism, structural isomer, structural isomerism, structuralize, structural linguistics
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2021