ironworker
ironworker · ironworkers
A skilled construction worker who assembles the metal frame of buildings, especially…A skilled construction worker who assembles the metal frame of buildings, especially large commercial ones such as warehouses and skyscrapers.
Meaning
2 sensesA skilled construction worker who assembles the metal frame of buildings, especially large commercial ones such as warehouses and skyscrapers.
Near-synonym: erector
(archaic)A person employed to manufacture and shape iron or to do other (related) labor within an ironworks.
Near-synonym: roughneck
a person who makes articles of iron
Translations
1 languagesOrigin
From iron + worker.From iron + worker.
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Forms
plural: ironworkers| Singular | ironworker |
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