foundry
noun/ˈfaʊndri/
/ˈfaʊndri/
(plural foundries)
- a factory where metal or glass is melted and made into different shapes or objects
- an iron foundry
- foundry workers
Synonyms factoryfactoryplant ▪ mill ▪ works ▪ yard ▪ workshop ▪ foundryThese are all words for buildings or places where things are made or where industrial processes take place.factory a building or group of buildings where goods are made, mainly by machine:Topics Businessc2- a chocolate/cigarette/clothing factory
- a nuclear power plant
- a manufacturing plant
- a cotton/paper/textile/woollen mill
- a brickworks
- a steelworks
- Raw materials were carried to the works by barge.
- a shipyard
- a car repair workshop
- an iron foundry
- a car/chemical/munitions factory/plant
- an engineering plant/works
- to manage/run a factory/plant/mill/works/yard/workshop/foundry
- to work in/at a factory/plant/mill/yard/workshop/foundry
- factory/mill/foundry owners/managers/workers
Oxford Collocations DictionaryFoundry is used after these nouns:- iron
Word Originearly 17th cent. (earlier as foundery): from found ‘melt and mould’ + -ry, perhaps suggested by French fonderie.
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