iron hook

collocation in English

meaningsofironandhook

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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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hook
noun[C]
uk
/hʊk/us
/hʊk/
a curved device used for catching or holding things, especially one attached to a surface for hanging ...
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(Definition ofironandhookfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofiron hook

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A fish out of greediness does not think about the result of an action and swallows up theironhookconcealed in a dainty morsel.
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The frame was filled with sand and anironhookwas lowered from the ceiling.
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Here, on the horizontal cross-bar of the gallows, a largeironhook, as thick as an arm at its thickest, was fixtured.
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In earlier times the rope was simply wrapped around the tires or attached by means of anironhookon it.
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The name means wolf-hook and is taken to be a stylized representation of a kind ofironhookhistorically used as a wolf trap.
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First, the brain was removed by passing anironhookthrough the nose into the cranium and retracting it by the same pathway; the gray matter was discarded.
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Many things are difficult with iron hooks or claws.
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It is said to have iron teeth and iron hooks for feet and to live in trees, attacking from above.
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The subsidiary compartments contain flints suspended from iron hooks.
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Pieces of flesh were next torn from her body with iron hooks, and she was thrown on a burning pile.
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They were called "crocheteurs" after the iron hooks that they used to move bales of goods.
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The shaft's seemingly massive corner blocks are decorative fixtures held in place by visible iron hooks.
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Each strap was studded with rows of pointed iron hooks, which pierced the skin.
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