Definition

1. Noun:
   • A factory where metal is cast or worked: A manufacturing plant or industrial facility where raw metal is processed, shaped, or cast into finished products or components.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • The old metalworks on the river has been converted into luxury apartments.
  • He found employment at the local metalworks, operating a furnace.

Advanced Usage

• The term "metalworks" is often used in a historical or industrial context to describe large-scale manufacturing sites from the 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • The town's economy was once entirely dependent on the sprawling metalworks.

Variants and Related Words

• Metalwork (noun): The activity or skill of making objects from metal. (e.g., )
• Metalworker (noun): A person who makes objects from metal. (e.g., )

Synonyms

• Foundry
• Smelter
• Ironworks
• Forge (in some contexts)

Related Phrases

• "The din of the metalworks": A phrase describing the loud, industrial noise characteristic of such a factory.
  • From a mile away, you could hear the constant din of the metalworks.

Noun

1. factory where metal castings are produced