pig iron
noun
: crude iron that is the direct product of the blast furnace and is refined to produce steel, wrought iron, or ingot iron
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Russia cannot import European luxury goods and is barred from exporting key products like steel and pig iron to the bloc.
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Jeanna Smialek, New York Times, 20 May 2025
Uncle Carl, a Marine, had a grip that would crush brick and a stare that would melt pig iron, and never mind this foolishness about an irritated vagus nerve or an overactivated phrenic nerve causing hiccups.
—Neal Rubin, Detroit Free Press, 25 May 2024
That's back when famed plant explorers made of pig iron and buckshot were scouring the globe for new plants to diversify our gardens.
—Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 5 Apr. 2024
Companies are investing in smelters producing nickel pig iron, used in stainless steel, according to a report from Oxford Economics.
—Lionel Lim, Fortune Asia, 15 Dec. 2023
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Jeanna Smialek, New York Times, 20 May 2025
Uncle Carl, a Marine, had a grip that would crush brick and a stare that would melt pig iron, and never mind this foolishness about an irritated vagus nerve or an overactivated phrenic nerve causing hiccups.
—Neal Rubin, Detroit Free Press, 25 May 2024
That's back when famed plant explorers made of pig iron and buckshot were scouring the globe for new plants to diversify our gardens.
—Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 5 Apr. 2024
Companies are investing in smelters producing nickel pig iron, used in stainless steel, according to a report from Oxford Economics.
—Lionel Lim, Fortune Asia, 15 Dec. 2023
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“Pig iron.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pig%20iron. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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