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BASIC IRON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does basic iron mean? 

BASIC IRON (noun)
  The noun BASIC IRON has 1 sense:

1. pig iron containing a high percentage of phosphorus; used in making steel by a process that removes the phosphorusplay

  Familiarity information: BASIC IRON used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BASIC IRON (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Pig iron containing a high percentage of phosphorus; used in making steel by a process that removes the phosphorus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("basic iron" is a kind of...):

pig iron (crude iron tapped from a blast furnace)


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