Meaning

3 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)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: iron foundry, brass foundry, etc.

    Gießerei

    лите́йнаяlitéjnaja, лите́йный цехlitéjnyj cex, лите́йный заво́дlitéjnyj zavód

    лива́рняlyvárnja, плави́льняplavýlʹnja

  2. (countable, uncountable)The act, process, or art of casting metals; founding.

  3. (countable, uncountable)A plant that produces chips out of semiconductors in the microelectronics industry.

More definitions
  • factory where metal castings are produced

Examples

4 sentences
  1. This type foundry has not existed for almost fifteen years.

    deDiese Schriftgießerei gibt es schon seit bald fünfzehn Jahren nicht mehr.

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  2. Due to improper procedures, the foundry had an excess of slag in the crucible.

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  3. The foundry changed owners.

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  4. He works in a foundry.

    ruОн работает в литейном цеху.

    deEr arbeitet in einer Gießerei.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
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facility that melts metals:
Русский
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facility that melts metals:
Deutsch
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facility that melts metals:

Origin

From French fonderie. By surface analysis, found (“to melt (metals)”) + -ry (“place; proce

From French fonderie. By surface analysis, found (“to melt (metals)”) + -ry (“place; process”).

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Forms

plural: foundries

Synonyms

2 synonyms
semiconductor fabrication plant:fab
Close in meaning
  • factory where metal castings are produced:metalworks

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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