Ironbound

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Bound with iron.
  • adj. Rigid and unyielding: an ironbound moral code.
  • adj. Bound with rocks and cliffs: ironbound coasts.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Bound as if with iron; rugged.
  • adj. rigid; unyielding
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Bound as with iron; rugged.
  • adj. Rigid; unyielding.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Bound with iron.
  • Faced or surrounded with rocks; rock-bound; rugged: as, an iron-bound coast.
  • Hard and fast; rigorous; inflexible as iron.
  • Word Usage
    "We go swiftly up the path, still glistening with frost, and across the wide stone terrace to the double ironbound doors."
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    rugged    rigid    unyielding   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    brassbound    oaken    iron-banded    iron-barred    massy