English Dictionary

ONE IRON

Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

IPA (US): 

 Dictionary entry overview: What does one iron mean? 

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

1. (golf) the long iron with the most nearly vertical faceplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


ONE IRON (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

(golf) the long iron with the most nearly vertical face

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

driving iron; one iron

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

iron (a golf club that has a relatively narrow metal head)

Domain category:

golf; golf game (a game played on a large open course with 9 or 18 holes; the object is use as few strokes as possible in playing all the holes)


 Context examples 


The blind man clung close to me, holding me in one iron fist and leaning almost more of his weight on me than I could carry.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)



 Learn English with... Proverbs 
"He who sleeps forgets his hunger." (English proverb)

"Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime." (Maimonides)

"Avoid what will require an apology." (Arabic proverb)

"He who wins the first hand, leaves with only his pants in hand." (Corsican proverb)



ALSO IN ENGLISH DICTIONARY:


© 2000-2023 AudioEnglish.org | AudioEnglish® is a Registered Trademark | Terms of use and privacy policy
Contact