[
  {
    "word": "iron",
    "phonetic": "/\u02c8a\u026a\u0259n/",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "text": "/\u02c8a\u026a\u0259n/",
        "audio": ""
      },
      {
        "text": "/\u02c8a\u026a\u025an/",
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/iron-us.mp3",
        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=424819",
        "license": {
          "name": "BY-SA 3.0",
          "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
        }
      }
    ],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "noun",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "A common, inexpensive metal, silvery grey when untarnished, that rusts, is attracted by magnets, and is used in making steel.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A metallic chemical element having atomic number 26 and symbol Fe.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Any material, not a steel, predominantly made of elemental iron.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "wrought iron, ductile iron, cast iron, pig iron, gray iron"
          },
          {
            "definition": "A tool or appliance made of metal, which is heated and then used to transfer heat to something else; most often a thick piece of metal fitted with a handle and having a flat, roughly triangular bottom, which is heated and used to press wrinkles from clothing, and now usually containing an electrical heating apparatus.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "(usually plural, irons) Shackles.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A firearm, either a long gun or a handgun.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A dark shade of the colour/color silver.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "(shortened from iron hoof, rhyming with poof; countable) A male homosexual.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A golf club used for middle-distance shots.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Used as a symbol of great strength or toughness, or to signify a very strong or tough material.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "He appeared easygoing, but inside he was pure iron."
          },
          {
            "definition": "Weight used as resistance for the purpose of strength training.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "He lifts iron on the weekends."
          },
          {
            "definition": "A safety curtain in a theatre.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Dumb bombs, those without guidance systems.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [
          "poof",
          "queer",
          "ferrum",
          "shackles",
          "energy",
          "force",
          "clothes iron",
          "flatiron",
          "smoothing iron"
        ],
        "antonyms": []
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "verb",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "To pass an iron over (clothing or some other item made of cloth) in order to remove creases.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To shackle with irons; to fetter or handcuff.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To furnish or arm with iron.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "to iron a wagon"
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [
          "press"
        ],
        "antonyms": []
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "Made of the metal iron.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Strong (as of will), inflexible.",
            "synonyms": [
              "adamant",
              "adamantine",
              "brassbound"
            ],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "He held on with an iron grip."
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [
          "adamant",
          "adamantine",
          "brassbound"
        ],
        "antonyms": []
      }
    ],
    "license": {
      "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
      "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
    },
    "sourceUrls": [
      "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/iron"
    ]
  }
]