IRONBOUND

Meaning of IRONBOUND in English

adj.

Pronunciation: - ' bau ̇ nd

Function: adjective

Date: 14th century

: bound with or as if with iron: as a : HARSH , RUGGED < ironbound coast> b : STERN , RIGOROUS < ironbound traditions>

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IRONBOUND — adjective Date: 14th century bound with or as if with iron: as, harsh , rugged , stern , rigorous
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
IRONBOUND — ˈ ̷ ̷( ̷ ̷)| ̷ ̷ adjective Etymology: Middle English irenbounden, from iren iron + bounden bound — more at iron , bound : bound …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
IRONBOUND — (a.) Rigid; unyielding; as, ironbound traditions.
Английский словарь Webster
IRONBOUND — (a.) Bound as with iron; rugged; as, an ironbound coast.
Английский словарь Webster
IRONBOUND — ( a. ) Rigid; unyielding; as, ironbound traditions.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
IRONBOUND — ( a. ) Bound as with iron; rugged; as, an ironbound coast.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
IRONBOUND — /uy"euhrn bownd"/ , adj. 1. bound with iron. 2. rock-bound; rugged. 3. hard; rigid; unyielding. [ 1350-1400; ME; see IRON, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
IRONBOUND — adj. covered with iron, ironclad, reinforced; hard, rigid
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
IRONBOUND — adjective Date: 14th century : bound with or as if with iron: as a. : harsh , rugged ironbound coast …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
IRONBOUND — adj rigid; unyielding; as, ironbound traditions. 2. ironbound ·adj bound as with iron; rugged; as, an ironbound coast.
Webster English vocab
IRONBOUND — [iron.bound] adj (14c): bound with or as if with iron: as a: harsh, rugged "~ coast" b: stern, rigorous "~ …
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IRONBOUND — Synonyms and related words : asperous, bound, corrugated, cragged, craggy, crinkled, crumpled, dour, fettered, firm, fundamentalist, gravelly, hampered, handcuffed, hard, …
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IRONBOUND — adj. Function: adjective Synonyms: ROUGH 1, asperous, craggy, harsh, jagged, rugged, scabrous, scraggy, uneven, unsmooth
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IRONBOUND — adjective Synonyms: rough 1, asperous, craggy, harsh, jagged, rugged, scabrous, scraggy, uneven, unsmooth
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SEVERE — sə̇ˈvi(ə)r, sēˈ-, -viə adjective ( -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle French or Latin; Middle French, from Latin severus, perhaps from sed, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TOP-BLOCK — (n.) A large ironbound block strapped with a hook, and, when used, hung to an eyebolt in the cap, -- …
Английский словарь Webster
TOP-BLOCK — ( n. ) A large ironbound block strapped with a hook, and, when used, hung to an eyebolt in the …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
TOP-BLOCK — noun a large ironbound block strapped with a hook, and, when used, hung to an eyebolt in the cap, …
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WRINKLED
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WRAPS — Synonyms and related words : bamboo curtain, barrier of secrecy, blackout, censorship, cover, curtain, disguise, hush-up, iron curtain, ironbound security, …
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WATERFRONT — Synonyms and related words : bank, beach, berm, coast, coastland, coastline, embankment, foreshore, ironbound coast, lido, littoral, plage, playa, riverside, …
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VEIL — Synonyms and related words : alibi, apology, apply to, awning, bamboo curtain, barrier of secrecy, beach umbrella, becloud, befog, blackout, …
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UNYIELDING — Synonyms and related words : adamant, adamantine, at a standstill, bowelless, bulky, bullheaded, cast-iron, certain, closed to, complaining, constant, cruel, …
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UNRELENTING — Synonyms and related words : adamant, adamantine, assiduous, cast-iron, constant, continuing, de longue haleine, diligent, dogged, dour, endless, enduring, extended, …
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UNDERTOW — Synonyms and related words : affluence, afflux, affluxion, concourse, confluence, conflux, coral heads, course, crosscurrent, current, defluxion, downflow, downpour, drift, …
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UNDERCURRENT — Synonyms and related words : affect, affection, affluence, afflux, affluxion, air current, allegory, allusion, ambiance, ambience, arcane meaning, assumption, atmosphere, …
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UNCOMPROMISING — Synonyms and related words : adamant, adamantine, cast-iron, dour, firm, flinty, fundamentalist, grim, hard, hard-core, hard-line, hidebound, immovable, immutable, implacable, …
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UNBENDING — Synonyms and related words : adamant, adamantine, aloof, arrowlike, cast-iron, constant, dead straight, direct, distant, dour, even, firm, fixed, flat, …
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TIED UP — Synonyms and related words : absorbed in, at it, at work, bound, burdened with debt, busy, caught up in, deep …
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TIED — Synonyms and related words : affiliate, affiliated, aground, alike, allied, anchored, assembled, associate, associated, at par, au pair, banded together, …
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TIDEWATER — Synonyms and related words : bank, bayed, beach, berm, coast, coastland, coastline, direct tide, ebb, ebb and flow, ebb tide, …
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TETHERED — Synonyms and related words : aground, anchored, bound, caught, chained, fast, fastened, fettered, fixed, grounded, hampered, handcuffed, held, high and …
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