Foundry

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  • noun. An establishment where metal objects are made by melting metal and pouring it into molds.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. The skill or operation of founding.
  • noun. The castings made by founding.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The easting of metals.
  • noun. An establishment for the founding of metallic articles: as, a foundry of bells or of cannon; a type-foundry.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The act, process, or art of casting metals.
  • noun. The buildings and works for casting metals.
  • noun. a vessel for holding molten metal and conveying it from cupola to the molds.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A facility that melts metals in special furnaces and pours the molten metal into molds to make products. Foundries are usually specified according to the type of metal dealt with, as iron foundry, brass foundry, etc.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. factory where metal castings are produced
    • Word Usage
    "MOSCOW, September 25 (RIA Novosti) - The Russian tractor producer Traktorniye Zavody said Thursday it had bought a 74\% stake in German foundry Luitpoldhutte AG but declined to disclose the value of the deal."
    cross-reference
    foundry iron  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    factory  manufactory  manufacturing plant  mill  
    Hyponym
    Words that are more specific
    armory  armoury  arsenal  bell foundry  iron foundry  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    boundary  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    armory  brewery  distillery  dockyard  kiln  
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