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piece of iron

collocation in English

meanings of pieceand iron


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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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Examples of piece of iron


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You do not take the dent out of a pieceofiron merely 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 a pieceofiron conduit.
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He informed the police that one of the lads had a pieceofiron in his hand, but he was not actually threatened or struck with it.
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This pieceofiron should 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 a pieceofiron, 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 a pieceofiron with a large hammer.
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Imitating it, he took a pieceofiron and 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 a pieceofiron wrapped with insulated wire.
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In essence, the narayam is a long pieceofiron with a sharpened or pointed end and fabricated to ergonomically fit into the writer's fist.
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A rusty pieceofiron was 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 a pieceofiron remained in her head for the rest of her life.
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Each is made from a hollow, seamless pieceofiron that has been allowed to rust, creating a reddish appearance and a bark-like texture.
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It is a green hexagonally shaped pieceofiron with four mounting points.
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The entire structure, including the 4-foot foundation, does not contain a single pieceofiron or steel.
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As a liquid, iron can be cast into molds, a method far less laborious than individually forging each pieceofiron from a bloom.
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The liquid iron can be cast into molds, a method far less laborious than individually forging each pieceofiron from a bloom.
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A pieceofiron fallen in fire becomes red and starts glowing like it.
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It used a spring-loaded, serrated steel wheel which rubbed against a pieceofiron pyrite, similar to a modern lighter.
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He's not human, he's like a pieceofiron.
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