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Cast Iron

nounverified·updated May 18, 2026

an alloy of iron containing so much carbon that it is brittle and so cannot be wrought but must be shaped by casting

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Classifications

Entity Type

Unknownauthoritativeglossary_import_default_pending_classifier
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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

plural
Cast Irons
possessive
Cast Iron's
pluralpossessive
Cast Irons'