Iron (metaphor)

Iron, when used metaphorically, refers to certain traits of the metal iron. Used as an adjective and sometimes as a noun, it refers to something stern, harsh, strong, unyielding, inflexible, rigid, sturdy, strong, robust, hard.

Persons and characters

 * Iron Duke (disambiguation)
 * Iron Felix (disambiguation)
 * Iron Lady (disambiguation)
 * Iron Man (disambiguation)
 * Iron Mike (disambiguation)
 * Princess Iron Fan (disambiguation)
 * Otto von Bismarck, known as the Iron Chancellor
 * Iron Chef, a Japanese cooking show
 * Joseph LaFlesche, known as Iron Eye
 * Iron Eyes Cody, Sicilian-American actor
 * The Iron Heinrich, a rough translation of the German fairy tale The Frog Prince
 * Iron Heroes, a variant book of rules for the game Dungeons & Dragons
 * Iron John, a German fairy tale
 * Eon Kid, English title of the TV series Iron Kid
 * Iron Lad, a fictional superhero
 * Iron Maniac, an evil alternative universe character of fictional Marvel superhero Iron Man
 * Iron Munro, a fictional superhero
 * Persephone, known as the Iron Queen
 * Hossein Khosrow Ali Vaziri, known as the Iron Sheik
 * Iron Shell, Brule Sioux chief
 * Iron Tail, Oglala Sioux warrior
 * Tigran Petrosian, known as Iron Tigran
 * Timur as a name, meaning iron in Turkic languages, widespread in Western and Central Asia since the days of the Mongol Empire
 * Hadid is an Arabic name (both given and surname) literally meaning "iron"

Animals and plants

 * Iron Bird (disambiguation)
 * Iron Butterfly (disambiguation)
 * Iron Dragon (disambiguation)
 * Iron Eagle (disambiguation)
 * Iron Monkey (disambiguation)
 * Iron Wolf (disambiguation)
 * Iron horse (disambiguation)
 * Iron wood (disambiguation)
 * Ferrocalamus (iron bamboo)
 * Iron cobra, a "construct" in the game Dungeons & Dragons
 * Iron condor, an option trading strategy utilizing two vertical spreads
 * Iron Kong, a fictional character from the science fiction media franchise Zoids

Body parts

 * Iron Fist (disambiguation)
 * Iron Hand (disambiguation)
 * Iron Hands (disambiguation)
 * Iron lung (disambiguation)
 * See Joseph LaFlesche
 * The Iron Heel, a 1908 dystopian novel
 * Iron Palm, a body of training techniques in various Chinese martial arts

Geography

 * Iron City (disambiguation)
 * Iron Mountain (disambiguation)
 * Iron River (disambiguation)
 * Iron Range, regions around Lake Superior in the United States and Canada

Other iron metaphors

 * Iron Bird (disambiguation)
 * Iron Curtain (disambiguation)
 * Iron Maiden (disambiguation)
 * Iron Triangle (disambiguation)
 * Unguided bomb, known as an iron bomb
 * Iron Brigade, a Civil War brigade
 * Iron cage, a sociology term
 * Iron Fire, a Danish power and speed metal band
 * Iron Guard, a historical far-right movement in Romania
 * Iron harvest, an annual "harvest" collected by Belgian and French farmers after ploughing their fields
 * Iron Helix, a 1993 video game
 * Iron Seed, a 1994 DOS video game
 * Iron shirt, a form of hard style martial art exercise
 * Iron Sunrise, a 2004 hard science fiction novel
 * Iron Will, a 1994 film