piece of iron

collocation in English

meaningsofpieceandiron

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piece
noun[C]
uk
/piːs/us
/piːs/
a part ...
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iron
noun
uk
/aɪən/us
/aɪrn/
a chemical element that is a common greyish-coloured metal. It is strong, used in making steel, and exists in very small amounts ...
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(Definition ofpieceandironfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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You do not take the dent out of apieceofironmerely by hammering the dent; you hit it somewhere else.
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The ticket collector reached for the nearest thing to hand, which happened to be apieceofironconduit.
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He informed the police that one of the lads had apieceofironin his hand, but he was not actually threatened or struck with it.
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Thispieceofironshould remind us that our recent past did not have freedom, and that we should never allow freedom to be taken away from us.
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They said that everybody knew that apieceofiron, if thrown into the water, would sink, and they asked what was the good of building ships of iron.
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There was a girl sitting there doing some knitting, and just behind a barricade was a gentleman hitting apieceofironwith a large hammer.
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Imitating it, he took apieceofironand notched it on the edge, and thus invented the saw.
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The spinning magnet was positioned so that its north and south poles passed by apieceofironwrapped with insulated wire.
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In essence, the narayam is a longpieceofironwith a sharpened or pointed end and fabricated to ergonomically fit into the writer's fist.
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A rustypieceofironwas passed from one pilgrim to the next and placed on the head three times, accompanied by a prayer.
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She survived, however apieceofironremained in her head for the rest of her life.
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Each is made from a hollow, seamlesspieceofironthat has been allowed to rust, creating a reddish appearance and a bark-like texture.
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It is a green hexagonally shapedpieceofironwith four mounting points.
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The entire structure, including the 4-foot foundation, does not contain a singlepieceofironor steel.
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As a liquid, iron can be cast into molds, a method far less laborious than individually forging eachpieceofironfrom a bloom.
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The liquid iron can be cast into molds, a method far less laborious than individually forging eachpieceofironfrom a bloom.
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Apieceofironfallen in fire becomes red and starts glowing like it.
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It used a spring-loaded, serrated steel wheel which rubbed against apieceofironpyrite, similar to a modern lighter.
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He's not human, he's like apieceofiron.
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