ferrous.
Of or containing iron.
Meaning & usage
Of or containing iron.
ferrous metals
ferrous scrap
Of compounds of iron in which it has a valence or oxidation number of +2.
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
Where this word comes from
From ferro- + -ous, from Latin ferreus directly or via French ferreux, from ferrum (“iron”) + -eus (“-ous: forming adjectives”).
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