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foundry.

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.

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Meaning & usage

noun/ˈfaʊn.dɹi/
  1. 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.

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

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

    countable · uncountable
Where this word comes from

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

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