Word Meanings - BOX-IRON - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A hollow smoothing iron containing a heater within.

Related words: (words related to BOX-IRON)

• HOLLOW-HEARTED
  Insincere; deceitful; not sound and true; having a cavity or decayed spot within. Syn. -- Faithless; dishonest; false; treacherous.
• SMOOTHEN
  To make smooth.
• SMOOTHNESS
  Quality or state of being smooth.
• SMOOTH
  1. The act of making smooth; a stroke which smooths. Thackeray. 2. That which is smooth; the smooth part of anything. "The smooth of his neck." Gen. xxvii. 16.
• CONTAINMENT
  That which is contained; the extent; the substance. The containment of a rich man's estate. Fuller.
• SMOOTH-CHINNED
  Having a smooth chin; beardless. Drayton.
• SMOOTHLY
  In a smooth manner.
• SMOOTH-SPOKEN
  Speaking smoothly; plausible; flattering; smooth-tongued.
• HOLLOWLY
  Insincerely; deceitfully. Shak.
• CONTAINANT
  A container.
• SMOOTHER
  One who, or that which, smooths.
• HOLLOW-HORNED
  Having permanent horns with a bony core, as cattle.
• SMOOTHING
  fr. Smooth, v. Smoothing iron, an iron instrument with a polished face, for smoothing clothes; a sadiron; a flatiron. -- Smoothing plane, a short, finely set plane, for smoothing and finishing work.
• WITHINSIDE
  In the inner parts; inside. Graves.
• CONTAINABLE
  Capable of being contained or comprised. Boyle.
• HEATER
  1. One who, or that which, heats. 2. Any contrivance or implement, as a furnace, stove, or other heated body or vessel, etc., used to impart heat to something, or to contain something to be heated. Feed heater. See under Feed.
• CONTAINER
  One who, or that which, contains.
• HOLLOW
  1. A cavity, natural or artificial; an unfilled space within anything; a hole, a cavern; an excavation; as the hollow of the hand or of a tree. 2. A low spot surrounded by elevations; a depressed part of a surface; a concavity; a channel. Forests
• HOLLOWNESS
  1. State of being hollow. Bacon. 2. Insincerity; unsoundness; treachery. South.
• SMOOTH-TONGUED
  Having a smooth tongue; plausible; flattering.
• SELF-CONTAINED
  Having all the essential working parts connected by a bedplate or framework, or contained in a case, etc., so that mutual relations of the parts do not depend upon fastening outside of the machine itself. Self-contained steam engine.
• WITHIN
  with, against, toward + innan in, inwardly, within, from in in. See 1. In the inner or interior part of; inside of; not without; as, within doors. O, unhappy youth! Come not within these doors; within this roof The enemy of all your graces lives.
• THEATER; THEATRE
  1. An edifice in which dramatic performances or spectacles are exhibited for the amusement of spectators; anciently uncovered, except the stage, but in modern times roofed. 2. Any room adapted to the exhibition of any performances before