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metalwork

American  
[met-l-wurk] / ˈmɛt lˌwɜrk /

noun

  • metalworks
    plural
  1. objects made of metal.


metalwork British  
/ ˈmɛtəlˌwɜːk /

noun

  1. the craft of working in metal

  2. work in metal or articles made from metal

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Origin of metalwork

First recorded in 1840–50; metal + work

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The group includes his niece, artist Hannah Peck, 27; woodworker and designer Jessie Blackman, 27; Ethan Casselbery, 28, who has experience in sculpture fabrication and metalwork joinery; and Jordan Kennedy, 36.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 8, 2026

The results are Romantic landscapes in miniature, with the variegation of the stone transforming into fields, skies and mountains whose beauty is further enhanced by the delicate metalwork in which they’re mounted.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 27, 2026

Couture brings out the best the industry has to offer, from embroidery and lace to metalwork and diamonds.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 7, 2025

For those unfamiliar, castlecore is a sort of Romantic medievalism marked by sumptuous wealth—think windswept fens, lots of metalwork, richly colored fabrics, and stone keeps haunted by desperate lovers.

From Slate Feb. 21, 2025

I’ve never seen metalwork like that, or one so fine.

From "The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman

In the background was a tall industrial building with its windows shattered and roof missing, identified by the broadcaster as the Iliich metalworks.

From Seattle Times Apr. 13, 2022

After World War II, “guest workers,” mostly from Turkey, were recruited for metalworks and other factories.

From New York Times Feb. 20, 2022

The display was meant to celebrate the royal court’s rich artistic tradition of metalworks, including bronze plaques and sculptures, and ivory carvings that date to the 1300s.

From Washington Post Jan. 5, 2022

In the pre-industrial era, noxious emissions from tanneries, metalworks and dyers were sometimes regulated by ‘nuisance’ laws that tended to prioritize public health over economic development.

From Nature Aug. 30, 2020

When he was growing up, in the seventies, Dover had a local coal mine, a paper mill, and a metalworks, though the harbor, then as now, was the main source of work.

From The New Yorker Jul. 23, 2018

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