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s | ironclad |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As an adjective ironclad is

covered with iron, steel, or some metal, armor-plated.

As a noun ironclad is

a metal-plated ship, vessel, or vehicle.

s

Translingual

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Letter

  • The nineteenth letter of the .

    • Symbol

    (wikipedia) (mul-symbol)
  • voiceless alveolar fricative
  • Symbol for second , an SI unit of measurement of time.

    • See also

    (Latn-script) * * (esh) * (dze) * {{Letter , page=S , NATO=Sierra , Morse=ยทยทยท , Character=S , Braille=? }} Image:Latin S.png, Capital and lowercase versions of S , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter S.png, Uppercase and lowercase S in Fraktur Symbols for SI units ----

    ironclad

    English

    (wikipedia ironclad)

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Covered with iron, steel, or some metal, armor-plated
    • {{quote-book
    , year=1903 , year_published=2006 , edition=Digitized , editor= , author= , title=The Land Ironclads , chapter= citation , genre=Science Fiction , publisher=Project Gutenberg , isbn= , page= , passage=In that flickering pallor it had the effect of a large and clumsy black insect, an insect the size of an ironclad cruiser, crawling obliquely to the first line of trenches and firing shots out of portholes in its side. }}
  • (figuratively) Solid or certain; not able to be disputed or questioned; irrefutable.
    • The suspect had an ironclad alibi for his whereabouts on the night of the crime.
  • (figuratively) Rigorous; severe; exacting.
    • an ironclad oath or pledge

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A metal-plated ship, vessel, or vehicle
    • {{quote-book
    , year=1903 , year_published=2006 , edition=Digitized , editor= , author= , title=The Land Ironclads , chapter= citation , genre=Science Fiction , publisher=Project Gutenberg , isbn= , page= , passage=He turned again to the nearest land ironclad , advancing now obliquely to him and not three hundred yards away, and then scrambled the ground over which he must retreat if he was not to be captured. }}
  • (military) An armor-plated warship.