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[ adjective ahy-ern-klad; noun ahy-ern-klad ] / adjective ˈaɪ ərnˈklæd; noun ˈaɪ ərnˌklæd / SEE SYNONYMS FOR ironclad ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivecovered or cased with iron plates, as a ship for naval warfare; armor-plated. very rigid or exacting; inflexible; unbreakable: an ironclad contract. nouna wooden warship of the middle or late 19th century having iron or steel armor plating. Origin of ironcladFirst recorded in 1850–55; iron + clad1 Words nearby ironcladironbark, iron blue, ironbound, iron brick, Iron Chancellor, ironclad, Iron Cross, iron curtain, iron deficiency anemia, Irondequoit, Iron Duke Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for ironcladThe Dallas case is breaking some of our ironclad assumptions. The CDC Was Wrong About How to Stop Ebola|Kent Sepkowitz|October 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST But its now obvious the ironclad security guarantees they claimed to provide are perfectly hollow. Ukraine Expects U.S. Military Help If War With Russia Starts|Jamie Dettmer|March 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST The other rule, which is just as ironclad, gave rise to their motto: “Blood In/Blood Out.” Why I Fear the Aryan Brotherhood—and You Should, Too|Anonymous|April 1, 2013|DAILY BEAST What they need is a workable, ironclad, conflict-ending arrangement to allow them to live side-by-side in peace. The Lessons of the Nakba|Ziad J. Asali|May 11, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Ironclad vows like this tend to lock a nation into a position from which it cannot later retreat. Obama’s ‘No Containment’ AIPAC Speech Made War With Iran Inevitable|Michael Tomasky|March 6, 2012|DAILY BEAST Robert designed and projected an ironclad battleship, the first one in the world. The Age of Invention|Holland Thompson The ironclad frigates and monitors of modern Spain have been almost all constructed in foreign dockyards. You might go so far as t' give that bellerin' ironclad a toot.' Harbor Tales Down North|Norman Duncan Bryce was skipper of the Fairy, an iron smack, which was known in the fleet as the Ironclad. The Lively Poll|R.M. Ballantyne I would as soon have a paper ship as an ironclad; only give me men to fight her! A Short Life of Abraham Lincoln|John G. Nicolay
British Dictionary definitions for ironclad
adjective (ˌaɪənˈklæd)covered or protected with ironan ironclad warship inflexible; rigidan ironclad rule not able to be assailed or contradictedan ironclad argument noun (ˈaɪənˌklæd)a large wooden 19th-century warship with armoured plating Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to ironcladabiding, unwavering, definite, inflexible, firm, certain, changeless, confirmed, enduring, in the bag, planned, settled, stated, stubborn, sure, unalterable, uncompromising, determinate, agreed, arranged |