ironworks

American  

[ahy-ern-wurks] / ˈaɪ ərnˌwɜrks /

noun

(used with a singular or plural verb)

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

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ironworks British  

/ ˈaɪənˌwɜːks /

noun

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

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Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

• ironworks
  plural

Etymology

Origin of ironworks

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

Example Sentences

Unemployment and deprivation are the main issues in the post-industrial town once famous for its coal mining and ironworks, says candidate David Hughes.

From Barron's • May 4, 2026

Investigators determined that the wind-whipped fire was started by welding sparks from work being done by two employees of an ironworks firm working without a permit next door.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 28, 2024

Workers from around the world, including Trevithick, came to work in the ironworks.

From BBC • Feb. 24, 2024

Yoshida became interested in manufacturing at an early age, learning how to weld at his grandfather's ironworks and then going on to found a company that produces myoelectric prosthetic hands.

From Reuters • Oct. 2, 2023

She had seen forges, ironworks, manufactories in her own world; the biggest seemed like a village smithy beside this.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman