Definition of Corrugated iron

1. Noun. Usually galvanized sheet iron or sheet steel shaped into straight parallel ridges and hollows.

Generic synonyms: Sheet Metal
Terms within: Galvanized Iron

Definition of Corrugated iron

1. Noun. An iron sheet building material, usually galvanised, which has been pressed into corrugations. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Corrugated Iron

corrosive sublimate
corrosive ulcer
corrosively
corrosiveness
corrosivenesses
corrosives
corrosivity
corroval
corrovaline
corrugant
corrugate
corrugated
corrugated board
corrugated cardboard
corrugated fastener
corrugated iron (current term)
corrugates
corrugating
corrugation
corrugations
corrugator
corrugator cutis muscle of anus
corrugator muscle
corrugator supercilii
corrugators
corrumpable
corrupt
corruptable
corrupted
corruptedly

Literary usage of Corrugated iron

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Design of Steel Mill Buildings and the Calculation of Stresses in Framed by Milo Smith Ketchum (1912)
"corrugated iron Arch Floor.—The corrugated iron arch shown in Fig. ... The corrugated iron acts as a center for the concrete filling above it, ..."

2. Sheet-metal Work: A Manual of Practical Self-instruction in the Art of by William Neubecker, American Technical Society (1917)
"corrugated iron ROOFING AND SIDING corrugated iron is used for roofs and sides of buildings. It is usually laid directly upon the purlins in roofs ..."

3. A Treatise on Civil Engineering by Dennis Hart Mahan (1890)
"corrugated iron.—This term is applied to sheet iron prepared by being moulded, and having the plane surface 7 ..."

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