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Ironclad

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Noun

1. ironclad

a wooden warship of the 19th century that is plated with iron or steel armor

Adjective

2. ironclad

sheathed in iron plates for protection

3. brassbound, ironclad

inflexibly entrenched and unchangeable

Example Sentences:
'brassbound traditions'
'brassbound party loyalists'
'an ironclad rule'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Ironclad

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adjective (ˌaɪənˈklæd )
1. 
covered or protected with iron
an ironclad warship
2. 
inflexible; rigid
an ironclad rule
3. 
not able to be assailed or contradicted
an ironclad argument
noun (ˈaɪənˌklæd )
4. 
a large wooden 19th-century warship with armoured plating

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Ironclad

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adjective
1. 
covered or protected with iron
2. 
difficult to change or break
an ironclad lease
noun
3. 
a warship of the 19th cent. armored with thick iron plates

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Ironclad

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adj.
1. Sheathed with iron plates for protection.
2. Rigid; fixed: an ironclad rule.
n.
A 19th-century warship having sides armored with metal plates.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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