metalworking

[ met-l-wur-king ]

/ ˈmɛt lˌwɜr kɪŋ /

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noun

the act or technique of making metal objects.

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Origin of metalworking

First recorded in 1880–85; metal + working

Words nearby metalworking

metal spraying, metal tape, metalware, metal wood, metalwork, metalworking, metamale, metamathematics, metamer, metamere, metameric

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How to use metalworking in a sentence

Excavations in what’s now northeastern Sweden uncovered ancient furnaces and fire pits that hunter-gatherers used for metalworking.
Arctic hunter-gatherers were advanced ironworkers more than 2,000 years ago|Bruce Bower|January 3, 2022|Science News
There’s woodworking equipment, metalworking equipment, hammers, wrenches, and dozens of boxes just for storing bike parts.
The power of simple innovations|Saima May Sidik, SM ’21|October 27, 2021|MIT Technology Review
This trade network could have helped transmit new ideas and technologies, such as metalworking, to the Arctic, and may have facilitated Siberian society’s transition from foraging to reindeer herding in the last 2,000 years.
Dog DNA reveals ancient trade network connecting the Arctic to the outside world|Freda Kreier|October 8, 2021|Science News
Metalworking, which is a biggie in Birmingham [several members worked for British Steel before joining], was even worse.
The Stacks: The Judas Priest Teen Suicide Trial|Ivan Solotaroff|June 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST

But heavy metalworking industry was always considered more important than food and clothing.
East-West Trade Trends|Harold E. Stassen
Our loom is clumsy because, of course, our metalworking is not far advanced.
West Of The Sun|Edgar Pangborn
In early Christian Ireland metalworking was brought to a pitch rarely equalled and never excelled.
The Glories of Ireland|Edited by Joseph Dunn and P.J. Lennox

British Dictionary definitions for metalworking

metalworking

/ (ˈmɛtəlˌwɜːkɪŋ) /

noun

the processing of metal to change its shape, size, etc, as by rolling, forging, etc, or by making metal articles

Derived forms of metalworking

metalworker, noun

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