foundry

American  

[foun-dree] / ˈfaʊn dri /

noun

plural

foundries

1. an establishment for producing castings in molten metal.

2. the act or process of founding or casting metal.

3. the category of metal objects made by founding; castings.

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foundry British  

/ ˈfaʊndrɪ /

noun

1. a place in which metal castings are produced

2. the science or practice of casting metal

3. cast-metal articles collectively

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Etymology

Origin of foundry

From the French word fonderie, dating back to 1595–1605. See found ³, -ery

Example Sentences

Longer contracts could boost memory players’ valuation multiples to foundry players’ levels, which could bode well for share prices, they add.

From The Wall Street Journal

This allows Snowcap to use existing global foundry capacity rather than building expensive, custom factories.

From The Wall Street Journal

Quantum Computing sees its thin-film lithium niobate chip foundry, which produces materials used in telecom hardware and photonic chips that power certain types of quantum systems, as a way to stand out from peers.

From Barron's

Demand for such equipment is being driven by the need for leading-edge foundry and logic chips, and for dynamic random-access memory, he wrote in a Thursday report.

From MarketWatch

The way foundries work is that your customer has to commit, and then you go out and spend.

From Barron's