CAST IRON


Meaning of CAST IRON in English

Function: noun

Date: 1664

: a commercial alloy of iron, carbon, and silicon that is cast in a mold and is hard, brittle, nonmalleable, and incapable of being hammer-welded but more easily fusible than steel

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