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Antioxidants, silica, vitamin E, and thermal spring water are featured too; plus, iron oxides which deliver a universal tint suitable for most skin types.
—Lauren Valenti, Vogue, 11 June 2024
Its 300-tall twin walls (Ship Rock and Creation Rock, both of which contain dinosaur fossils) get their color from iron oxide, the same compound that gives blood and rust their ruddy appearances.
—John Wenzel, The Denver Post, 16 May 2024
As much as 60 percent of red mud is iron oxide, which subsequently transforms into a liquid iron so pure that it can immediately be used in steel production.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 7 Feb. 2024
Located in the Navajo Nation near Page, Ariz., the slot canyon’s warm colors come from iron oxide, or rust, in the sandstone.
—Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 8 Feb. 2024
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First Known Use
1790, in the meaning defined above
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“Iron oxide.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/iron%20oxide. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.
Kids Definition
iron oxide
noun
: any of the oxides of iron
especially
: ferric oxide
Medical Definition
iron oxide
noun
: any of several oxides of iron
especially
: ferric oxide
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