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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈpɪɡ aɪən/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈpɪɡ ˌaɪ(ə)ɹn/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-pig iron.wav [General-American] Forms: pig irons [plural]
Etymology: From pig (“animal of the family Suidae, especially the domesticated animal Sus domesticus; oblong block of cast metal (iron or lead)”) + iron. It appears that in early use sow was used to refer to larger blocks of smelted metal and pig smaller ones. From the 17th century, the words were adapted to newer methods of iron smelting, with pig used to describe blocks formed from molten iron served from the central channel (runner) of a pig bed which were said to resemble a litter of piglets nursing from a sow. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*bew-|*bū-}}, {{dercat|en|ine-pro}}, {{langname|ine-pro}} Proto-Indo-European, {{word|en|ine|h₁ésh₂r̥}}, {{compound|en|pig|iron|notext=1|t1=animal of the family Suidae, especially the domesticated animal Sus domesticus; oblong block of cast metal (iron or lead)|type=exocentric}} pig (“animal of the family Suidae, especially the domesticated animal Sus domesticus; oblong block of cast metal (iron or lead)”) + iron, {{sup|1}} ¹ Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} pig iron (usually uncountable, plural pig irons)
  1. (metallurgy, uncountable) A brittle, impure form of iron produced by smelting iron ore which is often shaped into blocks; it is unsuitable for working but suitable for casting, and so is commonly used as an industrial raw material; (countable) a sample of such iron. Tags: uncountable, usually Synonyms: crude iron Hypernyms: iron, metal Related terms: pig bed, puddled bar Coordinate_terms: cast iron, wrought iron Translations (impure form of iron produced by smelting iron ore): gizë (Albanian), حديد غفل (Arabic), arrabio [masculine] (Basque), কাঁচা লোহা (kãca lōha) (Bengali), чугун на слитъци (čugun na slităci) (Bulgarian), lingot d'alt forn [masculine] (Catalan), 生鐵 /生铁 (shēngtiě) (Chinese Mandarin), 銑鐵 /铣铁 (xiǎntiě) (Chinese Mandarin), 鑄鐵 /铸铁 (zhùtiě) (Chinese Mandarin), surové železo [neuter] (Czech), råjern [neuter] (Danish), krudfero (Esperanto), harkkorauta (note: in ingot form) (Finnish), takkirauta (Finnish), fonte brute [feminine] (French), gusa (Galician), Roheisen [neuter] (German), αργός σίδηρος (argós sídiros) [masculine] (Greek), ברזל גולמי (Hebrew), कच्चा लोहा (kaccā lohā) [masculine] (Hindi), disznó vas (Hungarian), nyersvas (Hungarian), besi gubal (Indonesian), besi kasar (Indonesian), muciarann [masculine] (Irish), ghisa grezza [feminine] (Italian), 銑鉄 (sentetsu) (alt: せんてつ) (Japanese), 銑 (zuku) (alt: ずく) (Japanese), 선철 (seoncheol) (Korean), су́рово же́лезо (súrovo žélezo) [neuter] (Macedonian), besi jongkong (Malay), 鑄鉎仔 /铸𰽫仔 (chù-siⁿ-á) [Lukang-Hokkien] (Min Nan Chinese), 鉎仔 /𰽫仔 (seⁿ-á, siⁿ-á) [Taiwanese-Hokkien] (Min Nan Chinese), råjern [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), rujern [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), råjern [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), råjarn [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), rujern [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), rujarn [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), آهن خام (Persian), surówka [feminine] (Polish), ferro-gusa [masculine] (Portuguese), gusa [feminine] (Portuguese), fontă brută [feminine] (Romanian), чу́шковый чугу́н (čúškovyj čugún) [masculine] (Russian), переде́льный чугу́н (peredélʹnyj čugún) [masculine] (Russian), сѝрово жѐљезо [Cyrillic, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), sìrovo žèljezo [Latin, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), අමු යකඩ (amu yakaḍa) (Sinhalese), surové železo (Slovak), grodelj (Slovene), arrabio [masculine] (Spanish), hierro colado [masculine] (Spanish), tackjärn [neuter] (Swedish), ilik-bakal (Tagalog), pik demir (Turkish), шой (şoy) (Tuvan), переро́бний чаву́н (pereróbnyj čavún) [masculine] (Ukrainian), сире́ залі́зо (syré zalízo) [neuter] (Ukrainian), کَچّا لوہا (kaccā lohā) [masculine] (Urdu), gang thỏi (Vietnamese), haearn crai [masculine] (Welsh), haearn hwch [masculine] (Welsh)
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  2. (cooking, countable, obsolete) An iron plate which is hung between a piece of meat and the fire used to cook it to prevent the meat from burning if the fire is too hot. Tags: countable, obsolete, usually Synonyms: pig plate
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Inflected forms

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        "4": "*bū-"
      },
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      "name": "root"
    },
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      "args": {
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      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "dercat"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European",
      "name": "langname"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine",
        "3": "h₁ésh₂r̥"
      },
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      "name": "word"
    },
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      "args": {
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        "3": "iron",
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        "type": "exocentric"
      },
      "expansion": "pig (“animal of the family Suidae, especially the domesticated animal Sus domesticus; oblong block of cast metal (iron or lead)”) + iron",
      "name": "compound"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "¹",
      "name": "sup"
    }
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    {
      "form": "pig irons",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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      "args": {
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    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "word": "pig bed"
    },
    {
      "word": "puddled bar"
    }
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        "English terms with quotations",
        "English uncountable nouns",
        "en:Metallurgy"
      ],
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        {
          "word": "cast iron"
        },
        {
          "word": "wrought iron"
        }
      ],
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            [
              220,
              228
            ]
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          "ref": "1945 January and February, a former pupil [pseudonym], “Some Memories of Crewe Works—III”, in The Railway Magazine, London: Tothill Press, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 14:",
          "text": "We spent a lot of time up on the staging of the great furnaces, trying to pick up the tricks of the trade from the taciturn furnacemen who sat around placidly smoking, or chewing twist, and occasionally throwing in more pig iron to the molten white-hot metal.",
          "type": "quotation"
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      ],
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        "A brittle, impure form of iron produced by smelting iron ore which is often shaped into blocks; it is unsuitable for working but suitable for casting, and so is commonly used as an industrial raw material; (countable) a sample of such iron."
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          "word": "iron"
        },
        {
          "word": "metal"
        }
      ],
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          "metallurgy",
          "metallurgy"
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          "brittle",
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        [
          "form",
          "form#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "iron",
          "iron#Noun"
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        [
          "produced",
          "produce#Verb"
        ],
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          "smelting",
          "smelt#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "iron ore",
          "iron ore"
        ],
        [
          "shaped",
          "shape#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "blocks",
          "block#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "unsuitable",
          "unsuitable"
        ],
        [
          "working",
          "work#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "suitable",
          "suitable"
        ],
        [
          "casting",
          "cast#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "used",
          "use#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "industrial",
          "industrial#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "raw material",
          "raw material"
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        [
          "sample",
          "sample#Noun"
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        "(metallurgy, uncountable) A brittle, impure form of iron produced by smelting iron ore which is often shaped into blocks; it is unsuitable for working but suitable for casting, and so is commonly used as an industrial raw material; (countable) a sample of such iron."
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          "word": "crude iron"
        }
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        "usually"
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        "engineering",
        "metallurgy",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences"
      ]
    },
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      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "en:Cooking"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An iron plate which is hung between a piece of meat and the fire used to cook it to prevent the meat from burning if the fire is too hot."
      ],
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        [
          "cooking",
          "cooking#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "plate",
          "plate#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "hung",
          "hang#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "piece",
          "piece#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "meat",
          "meat"
        ],
        [
          "fire",
          "fire#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "cook it",
          "cook#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "prevent",
          "prevent"
        ],
        [
          "burning",
          "burn#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "hot",
          "hot#Adjective"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(cooking, countable, obsolete) An iron plate which is hung between a piece of meat and the fire used to cook it to prevent the meat from burning if the fire is too hot."
      ],
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        {
          "word": "pig plate"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "obsolete",
        "usually"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "cooking",
        "food",
        "lifestyle"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpɪɡ aɪən/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpɪɡ ˌaɪ(ə)ɹn/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
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      "tags": [
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "lang_code": "sq",
      "sense": "impure form of iron produced by smelting iron ore",
      "word": "gizë"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "lang_code": "ar",
      "sense": "impure form of iron produced by smelting iron ore",
      "word": "حديد غفل"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "lang_code": "eu",
      "sense": "impure form of iron produced by smelting iron ore",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "arrabio"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "lang_code": "bn",
      "roman": "kãca lōha",
      "sense": "impure form of iron produced by smelting iron ore",
      "word": "কাঁচা লোহা"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "lang_code": "bg",
      "roman": "čugun na slităci",
      "sense": "impure form of iron produced by smelting iron ore",
      "word": "чугун на слитъци"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "lang_code": "ca",
      "sense": "impure form of iron produced by smelting iron ore",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lingot d'alt forn"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "lang_code": "cmn",
      "roman": "shēngtiě",
      "sense": "impure form of iron produced by smelting iron ore",
      "word": "生鐵 /生铁"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "lang_code": "cmn",
      "roman": "xiǎntiě",
      "sense": "impure form of iron produced by smelting iron ore",
      "word": "銑鐵 /铣铁"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "lang_code": "cmn",
      "roman": "zhùtiě",
      "sense": "impure form of iron produced by smelting iron ore",
      "word": "鑄鐵 /铸铁"
    },
    {
      "code": "nan",
      "lang": "Min Nan Chinese",
      "lang_code": "nan",
      "roman": "chù-siⁿ-á",
      "sense": "impure form of iron produced by smelting iron ore",
      "tags": [
        "Lukang-Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "鑄鉎仔 /铸𰽫仔"
    },
    {
      "code": "nan",
      "lang": "Min Nan Chinese",
      "lang_code": "nan",
      "roman": "seⁿ-á, siⁿ-á",
      "sense": "impure form of iron produced by smelting iron ore",
      "tags": [
        "Taiwanese-Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "鉎仔 /𰽫仔"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "lang_code": "cs",
      "sense": "impure form of iron produced by smelting iron ore",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "surové železo"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "lang_code": "da",
      "sense": "impure form of iron produced by smelting iron ore",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "råjern"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "lang_code": "eo",
      "sense": "impure form of iron produced by smelting iron ore",
      "word": "krudfero"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "note": "in ingot form",
      "sense": "impure form of iron produced by smelting iron ore",
      "word": "harkkorauta"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "impure form of iron produced by smelting iron ore",
      "word": "takkirauta"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "sense": "impure form of iron produced by smelting iron ore",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fonte brute"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "lang_code": "gl",
      "sense": "impure form of iron produced by smelting iron ore",
      "word": "gusa"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "impure form of iron produced by smelting iron ore",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Roheisen"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "lang_code": "el",
      "roman": "argós sídiros",
      "sense": "impure form of iron produced by smelting iron ore",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "αργός σίδηρος"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "lang_code": "he",
      "sense": "impure form of iron produced by smelting iron ore",
      "word": "ברזל גולמי"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "lang_code": "hi",
      "roman": "kaccā lohā",
      "sense": "impure form of iron produced by smelting iron ore",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "कच्चा लोहा"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "lang_code": "hu",
      "sense": "impure form of iron produced by smelting iron ore",
      "word": "disznó vas"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "lang_code": "hu",
      "sense": "impure form of iron produced by smelting iron ore",
      "word": "nyersvas"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "lang_code": "id",
      "sense": "impure form of iron produced by smelting iron ore",
      "word": "besi gubal"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "lang_code": "id",
      "sense": "impure form of iron produced by smelting iron ore",
      "word": "besi kasar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "lang_code": "ga",
      "sense": "impure form of iron produced by smelting iron ore",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "muciarann"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "sense": "impure form of iron produced by smelting iron ore",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ghisa grezza"
    },
    {
      "alt": "せんてつ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "lang_code": "ja",
      "roman": "sentetsu",
      "sense": "impure form of iron produced by smelting iron ore",
      "word": "銑鉄"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ずく",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "lang_code": "ja",
      "roman": "zuku",
      "sense": "impure form of iron produced by smelting iron ore",
      "word": "銑"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "lang_code": "ko",
      "roman": "seoncheol",
      "sense": "impure form of iron produced by smelting iron ore",
      "word": "선철"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "lang_code": "mk",
      "roman": "súrovo žélezo",
      "sense": "impure form of iron produced by smelting iron ore",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "су́рово же́лезо"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "lang_code": "ms",
      "sense": "impure form of iron produced by smelting iron ore",
      "word": "besi jongkong"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "lang_code": "nb",
      "sense": "impure form of iron produced by smelting iron ore",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "råjern"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "lang_code": "nb",
      "sense": "impure form of iron produced by smelting iron ore",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "rujern"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "lang_code": "nb",
      "sense": "impure form of iron produced by smelting iron ore",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "råjern"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "lang_code": "nb",
      "sense": "impure form of iron produced by smelting iron ore",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "råjarn"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "lang_code": "nb",
      "sense": "impure form of iron produced by smelting iron ore",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "rujern"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "lang_code": "nb",
      "sense": "impure form of iron produced by smelting iron ore",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "rujarn"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "lang_code": "fa",
      "sense": "impure form of iron produced by smelting iron ore",
      "word": "آهن خام"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "impure form of iron produced by smelting iron ore",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "surówka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "impure form of iron produced by smelting iron ore",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ferro-gusa"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "impure form of iron produced by smelting iron ore",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "gusa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "sense": "impure form of iron produced by smelting iron ore",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fontă brută"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "čúškovyj čugún",
      "sense": "impure form of iron produced by smelting iron ore",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "чу́шковый чугу́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "peredélʹnyj čugún",
      "sense": "impure form of iron produced by smelting iron ore",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "переде́льный чугу́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "lang_code": "sh",
      "sense": "impure form of iron produced by smelting iron ore",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "сѝрово жѐљезо"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "lang_code": "sh",
      "sense": "impure form of iron produced by smelting iron ore",
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "sìrovo žèljezo"
    },
    {
      "code": "si",
      "lang": "Sinhalese",
      "lang_code": "si",
      "roman": "amu yakaḍa",
      "sense": "impure form of iron produced by smelting iron ore",
      "word": "අමු යකඩ"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "lang_code": "sk",
      "sense": "impure form of iron produced by smelting iron ore",
      "word": "surové železo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "lang_code": "sl",
      "sense": "impure form of iron produced by smelting iron ore",
      "word": "grodelj"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "impure form of iron produced by smelting iron ore",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "arrabio"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "impure form of iron produced by smelting iron ore",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "hierro colado"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "sense": "impure form of iron produced by smelting iron ore",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "tackjärn"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "lang_code": "tl",
      "sense": "impure form of iron produced by smelting iron ore",
      "word": "ilik-bakal"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "lang_code": "tr",
      "sense": "impure form of iron produced by smelting iron ore",
      "word": "pik demir"
    },
    {
      "code": "tyv",
      "lang": "Tuvan",
      "lang_code": "tyv",
      "roman": "şoy",
      "sense": "impure form of iron produced by smelting iron ore",
      "word": "шой"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "lang_code": "uk",
      "roman": "pereróbnyj čavún",
      "sense": "impure form of iron produced by smelting iron ore",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "переро́бний чаву́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "lang_code": "uk",
      "roman": "syré zalízo",
      "sense": "impure form of iron produced by smelting iron ore",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "сире́ залі́зо"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "lang_code": "ur",
      "roman": "kaccā lohā",
      "sense": "impure form of iron produced by smelting iron ore",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "کَچّا لوہا"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "lang_code": "vi",
      "sense": "impure form of iron produced by smelting iron ore",
      "word": "gang thỏi"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "lang_code": "cy",
      "sense": "impure form of iron produced by smelting iron ore",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "haearn crai"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "lang_code": "cy",
      "sense": "impure form of iron produced by smelting iron ore",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "haearn hwch"
    }
  ],
  "word": "pig iron"
}

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