foundry
A facility that melts metals in special furnaces and pours the molten metal into molds…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.
» This type foundry has not existed for almost fifteen years.
Diese Schriftgießerei gibt es schon seit bald fünfzehn Jahren nicht mehr.
Meaning
3 senses(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
(countable, uncountable)The act, process, or art of casting metals; founding.
(countable, uncountable)A plant that produces chips out of semiconductors in the microelectronics industry.
- factory where metal castings are produced
Examples
4 sentencesThis type foundry has not existed for almost fifteen years.
deDiese Schriftgießerei gibt es schon seit bald fünfzehn Jahren nicht mehr.
Due to improper procedures, the foundry had an excess of slag in the crucible.
The foundry changed owners.
He works in a foundry.
ruОн работает в литейном цеху.
deEr arbeitet in einer Gießerei.
Translations
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Origin
From French fonderie. By surface analysis, found (“to melt (metals)”) + -ry (“place; proceFrom French fonderie. By surface analysis, found (“to melt (metals)”) + -ry (“place; process”).
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Forms
plural: foundriesSynonyms
2 synonyms- factory where metal castings are produced:metalworks
Word family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable