Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

box iron

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.56 in modern English

Syllables: box -iron
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A non-electric clothes iron which is heated by placing something hot (as a piece of iron (the slug), or heated charcoal) into its hollow chamber.

Inflected Forms

box irons (plural)

Questions

What does box iron mean?: A non-electric clothes iron which is heated by placing something hot (as a piece of iron (the slug), or heated charcoal) into its hollow chamber.

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