hot-work

American

[hot-wurk] / ˈhɒtˈwɜrk /

verb (used with object)

to work (metal) at a temperature high enough to permit recrystallization.

hot-work British

verb

(tr) to shape (metal) when hot

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Etymology

Origin of hot-work

First recorded in 1895–1900

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