Cast iron is hard brittle iron poured into a mould. A cast iron pan.
It cannot be bent or hammered, which is why it is poured to shape and then left. A cast iron pan holds heat better than anything else and will last several lifetimes.
1nouncast ironHard brittle iron poured into a mould.
“The cast iron pan had belonged to his grandmother.”
cast iron is a metal.
Named from casting, the pouring of molten metal into a mould, as against wrought iron which is worked.
Derived from the casting of this form of iron. See wrought iron for comparison.
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