ironfield

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noun

An area where ironstone or iron ore is quarried or mined.

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Meanings

nounironfield (plural ironfields)

plural ironfields

  1. An area where ironstone or iron ore is quarried or mined.
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    The east-west flow consists in the westerly direction of the agricultural and industrial products of East Anglia; imports through London and Parkeston (Harwich); special traffic in coke to the Northamptonshire ironfield; and mineral empties returning to the Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, and South Yorkshire coalfields.

    1954 August, “Marshalling Yard Reorganisation, Eastern Region”, in Railway Magazine, page 570

Origin

From iron + field.

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APA

ironfield. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ironfield

MLA

“ironfield.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ironfield. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ironfield,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ironfield.

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