ironworks

[ ahy-ern-wurks ]

noun

, (used with a singular or plural verb)

, plural i·ron·works.

1. an establishment where iron is smelted or where it is cast or wrought.

ironworks

/ ˈaɪənˌwɜːks /

noun

1. sometimes functioning as singular a building in which iron is smelted, cast, or wrought

Word History and Origins

Origin of ironworks¹

1575–85; iron + works (in the sense “manufacturing establishment”)

Example Sentences

After a decade-long pause, he served time again in 2001 for stealing $32,000 of equipment from an ironworks company.

From The Daily Beast

The first steam rolling mill, with the exception of the one at Soho, was put up at Bradley ironworks.

From Project Gutenberg

The mechanical revolution itself began, we may say, with the exhaustion of the wood supply for the ironworks of England.

From Project Gutenberg

There were in 1911 fifteen flour mills, ten ironworks, three breweries, and one distillery.

From Project Gutenberg

The chief employment is the cotton manufacture, but there are also collieries and ironworks, which employ a great many persons.

From Project Gutenberg

At the ironworks of Luay  I found horses from the house, which brought me here very quickly.

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