cast-iron
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cast-i·ron
(kăst′ī′ərn)adj.
1. Made of cast iron.
2. Rigid; inflexible: a cast-iron rule.
3. Exceptionally strong or resistant: a cast-iron stomach.
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cast′ i′ron
n.
an alloy of iron, carbon, and other elements, cast as a soft and strong, or as a hard and brittle iron.
[1655–65]
cast′-i′ron
adj.
1. made of cast iron.
2. not subject to change or exception: a cast-iron rule.
3. hardy: a cast-iron stomach.
[1655–65]
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Adj. | 1. | cast-iron - extremely robust; "an iron constitution" robust - sturdy and strong in form, constitution, or construction; "a robust body"; "a robust perennial" |
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cast-iron
adjective certain, established, settled, guaranteed, fixed, definite, copper-bottomed, idiot-proof I can't give you any cast-iron guarantees that you job will be safe.
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cast-iron
[ˈkɑːstˌaɪən] ADJ2. (fig) [will] → inquebrantable, férreo; [case] → irrebatible; [excuse] → frente a la que no se puede decir nada
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
cast-iron
adj
(lit) → gusseisern
(fig) will, constitution → eisern; case, alibi → hieb- und stichfest
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
cast-iron
[ˈkɑːstˈaɪən] adj → di ghisa (fig) (will, alibi) → di ferrothe police had a cast-iron case against the drug smuggler → la polizia aveva prove schiaccianti contro il trafficante di droga
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cast
(kaːst) – past tense past participle cast – verb1. to throw. The angler cast his line into the river; These facts cast new light on the matter; She cast him a look of hatred.
2. to get rid of; to take off. Some snakes cast their skins.
3. to shape (metal etc) by pouring into a mould. Metal is melted before it is cast.
4. to give a part in a play etc to. She was cast as Lady Macbeth.
5. to select the actors for (a film etc). The director is casting (the film) tomorrow.
6. to give (a vote). I cast my vote for the younger candidate.
noun1. a throw. At his third cast he caught a fish.
2. something made by moulding. The doctor put a plaster cast on his broken leg.
3. a mould. The hot metal is poured into a cast.
4. the complete set of actors in a play, opera etc. the whole cast of the play.
5. something that is ejected by certain animals, eg the earthworm. worm casts all over the grass.
ˈcastaway noun a shipwrecked person.
casting vote the deciding vote of the chairman of a meeting when the other votes are equally divided.
cast iron unpurified iron melted and shaped in a mould.
ˈcast-iron adjective1. made of cast iron. a cast-iron frying-pan.
2. very strong. cast-iron muscles.
ˈcast-off noun, adjective (a piece of clothing etc) no longer needed. cast-off clothes; I don't want my sister's cast-offs.
cast off1. to untie (the mooring lines of a boat).
2. (also cast aside) to reject as unwanted.
3. in knitting, to finish (the final row of stitches).
cast on in knitting, to make the first row of stitches.
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