e/Iron (metaphor)

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has glosseng: Iron, when used metaphorically, refers to certain traits of the metal iron. Used as an adjective and sometimes as a noun, it refers to something stern, harsh, unyielding, inflexible, rigid, sturdy, strong, robust. It is sometimes used for something technological (iron lung) or not technologically advanced (iron bomb).
lexicalizationeng: Iron metaphor
lexicalizationeng: Iron
instance of(noun) a figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a similarity
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