ferrous

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Of or containing iron.

   • ferrous metals
   • ferrous scrap
2. 2

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

3. 3

   Of an element

   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

The neighborhood

• antonymnonferrousantonym(s) of “all senses”
• neighborferritic