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# ferrous

«ferrous» in Mova's school dictionary: **Containing iron: «ferrous metals»** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (ferrous) — (science)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (science) Containing iron: «ferrous metals». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/ferrous/#m1)

2) (chemistry) Relating to iron in a certain chemical form. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/ferrous/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In science and DT lessons: ferrous metals (iron, steel) contain iron and usually rust and are magnetic; non-ferrous metals (copper, aluminium, gold) do not contain iron. Recycling centres sort ferrous and non-ferrous metal with magnets.

### examples

- Steel is a ferrous metal. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/ferrous/#x1)
- Ferrous metals can rust. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/ferrous/#x2)
- A magnet picks up ferrous scrap. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/ferrous/#x3)
- Aluminium cans are non-ferrous. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/ferrous/#x4)
- Sort the metals into ferrous and non-ferrous. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/ferrous/#x5)
- Ferrous sulphate is used in some iron tablets. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/ferrous/#x6)

### note

Technical word. Opposite: non-ferrous. Trap: not all metals are magnetic — only iron, nickel, cobalt and things containing them; most ferrous metals are magnetic but some steels are not.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «ferrous» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/ferrous/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.