irons
Appearance
See also: Irons
English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈaɪɚnz/
Audio (US): (file) - (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈaɪənz/
- Rhymes: -aɪə(ɹ)nz
Noun
[edit]irons
Noun
[edit]irons pl (plural only)
- (dated) Shackles.
- He’s been clapped in irons!
- (nautical) A lack of forward motion. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
- Alice steered the boat into the wind, so we were stuck in irons.
- (equestrianism) The stirrups.
Derived terms
[edit]Verb
[edit]irons
- third-person singular simple present indicative of iron
Anagrams
[edit]French
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]irons
Anagrams
[edit]Categories:
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:English/aɪə(ɹ)nz
- Rhymes:English/aɪə(ɹ)nz/2 syllables
- English non-lemma forms
- English noun forms
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English pluralia tantum
- English dated terms
- English terms with usage examples
- en:Nautical
- en:Equestrianism
- English verb forms
- French 2-syllable words
- French terms with IPA pronunciation
- French terms with audio pronunciation
- French non-lemma forms
- French verb forms