Below you will find example sentences with "cast iron". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.

Cast Iron in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: cast
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 20
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 25.5 words

Words in this phrase

cast iron

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • cast can mean: To move, or be moved, away. Frequent word
  • iron can mean: A common, inexpensive metal, silvery grey when untarnished, that rusts, is attracted by magnets, and is used in making steel: a chemical ... Frequent word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 4 start, 11 middle, 5 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

These patterns show short text windows around the phrase in the example sentences:

a chinese cast iron wok of 1× a white cast iron is full 1× bridge in cast iron was dropped 1× britain s cast iron until the 1× cast iron is defined 1× columns and cast iron beams developed 1× combination of cast iron columns and 1× compositions of cast iron while retaining 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a design for 1× atmos also plans 1× bridge types by 1× built in 1797 1× by the han 1× cast iron is 1×

Common sentence endings:

6 67 carbon 1× a eutectic point 1× a wooden deck 1× bao techniques difficult 1× by the puddler 1× cast iron bridge 1×

Context words

These words often appear near this phrase in the example sentences:

bridge 6× steel 5× wrought 3× modern 3× built 3× first 3× carbon 3× melting 2× casting 2× pig 2× slag 2× produced 2×

Related phrases

iron ore iron chef cast member cast members votes cast iron man pig iron cast doubt supporting cast new cast

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around cast:

cast member 20× cast members 20× new cast 7×

Just before it in the phrase index:

cast doubt cash flows cash flow cash equivalents cash crops cash costs

Just after it in the phrase index:

cast member cast members castle rock cat food category hurricane category images

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

cast member cast members cast doubt

Same ending:

pig iron

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "cast iron" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 25.5 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as a chinese cast iron wok of, a white cast iron is full, bridge, steel and wrought stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with iron ore, iron chef, cast member, cast member, cast members and new cast, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with cast iron

This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:

Short example sentences

In the second stage, pig iron is converted to wrought iron, steel, or cast iron. (15 words)

He adapted and detailed the new materials: wrought iron and cast iron castings detailing was illustrated. (16 words)

After more than 100 years, the wrought iron, cast iron and timber construction had seriously deteriorated. (16 words)

Longer example sentences

Woods, p 37 Slag from contemporary furnaces contained a substantial concentration of iron, whereas the slag of Laskill was low in iron content, and is believed to have produced cast iron with efficiency similar to a modern blast furnace. (39 words)

A design for a 70-foot (21 m) single-span bridge in cast iron was dropped because of the cost of cast iron at the time, and instead a stone bridge was built, which was completed in 1826. (38 words)

Built in 1797, it is seen as the "grandfather of skyscrapers”, since its fireproof combination of cast iron columns and cast iron beams developed into the modern steel frame that made modern skyscrapers possible. (34 words)

Example sentences (20)

Certain compositions of cast iron, while retaining the economies of melting and casting, can be heat treated after casting to make malleable iron or ductile iron objects.

In the second stage, pig iron is converted to wrought iron, steel, or cast iron.

Woods, p 37 Slag from contemporary furnaces contained a substantial concentration of iron, whereas the slag of Laskill was low in iron content, and is believed to have produced cast iron with efficiency similar to a modern blast furnace.

Atmos also plans to replace the remaining 400 miles of cast iron pipes in the Dallas area with plastic, and has already replaced 400 miles of cast iron pipes, officials said.

A design for a 70-foot (21 m) single-span bridge in cast iron was dropped because of the cost of cast iron at the time, and instead a stone bridge was built, which was completed in 1826.

Because of the thickness of the cast iron, Western-style cast iron woks take much longer to bring up to cooking temperature, and its weight also makes stir-frying and bao techniques difficult.

Built in 1797, it is seen as the "grandfather of skyscrapers”, since its fireproof combination of cast iron columns and cast iron beams developed into the modern steel frame that made modern skyscrapers possible.

The bridge, built in 1860 of white oak with decorative openwork panels of cast iron, has been recreated in steel clad in ornamental cast iron facings, with a wooden deck.

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Windshafts can be wholly made of wood, or wood with a cast iron poll end (where the sails are mounted) or entirely of cast iron.

Young, p. 38: A typical U.S.-made cast iron wok can weigh more than twice that of a Chinese cast iron wok of the same diameter.

He adapted and detailed the new materials: wrought iron and cast iron castings detailing was illustrated.

After more than 100 years, the wrought iron, cast iron and timber construction had seriously deteriorated.

Bridge types by material The Iron Bridge completed in 1781 was the first cast iron bridge.

By the Han period, the entire ploughshare was made of cast iron ; these are the first known heavy mouldboard iron ploughs.

Cast Iron is defined as an iron–carbon alloy with more than 2.00% but less than 6.67% carbon.

Pig iron is not a saleable product, but rather an intermediate step in the production of cast iron and steel.

The broken surface of a white cast iron is full of fine facets of the broken iron-carbide, a very pale, silvery, shiny material, hence the appellation.

The decarburized iron, having a higher melting point than cast iron, was raked into globs by the puddler.

The percentage of carbon determines the type of the ferrous alloy: iron, steel or cast iron A phase diagram for a binary system displaying a eutectic point.

The Wealden iron industry in the Weald was the site of the first blast furnace in Britain in 1491, and produced much of Britain's cast iron until the 1770s.

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