Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Free from or not containing iron.
  • In a metaphorical sense, free from the danger of iron weapons.

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Examples

  • Men of any age and women over 40 should make sure their multivitamin is iron-free.

    Vitamin Supplements: A Quick Guide 2011

  • • Take a daily iron-free multivitamin/multimineral combo and an omega-3 fatty acid supplement.

    THE NEW ATKINS FOR A NEW YOU Dr. Eric C. Westman 2010

  • • Take a daily iron-free multivitamin/multimineral combo and an omega-3 fatty acid supplement.

    THE NEW ATKINS FOR A NEW YOU Dr. Eric C. Westman 2010

  • I can just about manage my own essential ironing to ensure I'm crumple-free in the workplace but beyond that it's every bit of clothing for itself around here which is why Bookhound has an entire wardrobe of iron-free Craghoppers a la Michael Palin Around the World in 80 days style.

    Aga blessings 2007

  • I can just about manage my own essential ironing to ensure I'm crumple-free in the workplace but beyond that it's every bit of clothing for itself around here which is why Bookhound has an entire wardrobe of iron-free Craghoppers a la Michael Palin Around the World in 80 days style.

    Aga blessings 2007

  • I can just about manage my own essential ironing to ensure I'm crumple-free in the workplace but beyond that it's every bit of clothing for itself around here which is why Bookhound has an entire wardrobe of iron-free Craghoppers a la Michael Palin Around the World in 80 days style.

    54 entries from April 2007 2007

  • Mr. Ritchie says the reduced glare in iron-free clear glass allows you to see "pure color in the reflections."

    Architects Who Add Sex Appeal 2008

  • It was discovered that the haemin molecule can be converted by certain chemical procedures into iron-free substances, called porphyrins, and that the porphyrins can be broken down, by other procedures, into pyrrole derivatives, i.e. into compounds containing four carbon atoms and one nitrogen atom in a closed ring.

    Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1930 - Presentation Speech 1966

  • It seems he was no warluck, as the Scots commonly call such men, who, they say, are iron-free, or lead-free.

    Dedication Vergil 1909

  • Cells were grown in LL in normal (Control) or iron-free (FeS) BG 11 medium.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Qiang Wang et al. 2010

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