ferrous

From Latin ferrum (“iron”).

• enPR: fĕr'əs, IPA^(key): /ˈfɛɹəs/

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• Rhymes: -ɛɹəs

ferrous (comparative more ferrous, superlative most ferrous)

1. Of or containing iron.

   Synonyms: ferric, siderous

   ferrous metals;   ferrous scrap

2. (chemistry) Of compounds of iron in which it has a valence or oxidation number of +2.

   Coordinate terms: ferric (+3), ferryl (+4)

3. Of an element: iron, or in certain ways similar to iron. (Said mainly of iron group elements, in any sense of that term.)

   ferrous metals

• (antonym(s) of “all senses”): nonferrous

• ferric
• ferryl

• for sure, furores