Cast iron
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Highly carbonized iron, the direct product of the blastfurnace; -- used for making castings, and for conversion into wroughtiron and steel. It can not be welded or forged, is brittle, andsometimes very hard. Besides carbon, it contains sulphur, phosphorus,silica, etc.
Cast iron meaning & definition 1 of Cast iron.
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a type of hard iron that will not bend easily and is made into shapes by being poured into a mould when melted
Cast iron meaning & definition 2 of Cast iron.