noun
Other Word Forms
- steelworking noun
Etymology
Origin of steelwork
Example Sentences
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The high cost of finishing 802, as with Glen Sannox, is largely due to the way the ship's steelwork was fabricated without components pre-fitted.
From BBC • Jun. 6, 2023
A portrait of a struggling city, community, family and woman, “Shuggie Bain” unfolds in the economic and social stagnation of 1980s Glasgow, after the region’s shipbuilding, mining and steelwork industries collapsed.
From New York Times • Oct. 23, 2020
Reclaimed barn-wood floors, marble walls and custom steelwork add visual interest to the 5,113 square feet of living space.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 14, 2019
Jacob dabbles in sketching and steelwork, welding nuts and bolts together to make figurines of his father proposing to his mother in honor of their 20th wedding anniversary last spring.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 16, 2017
That meant the bankruptcy of the Brocklington Ironworks Company should the steelwork fail to reach its destination, since every pound of available capital had been sunk in Captain Mostyn's "great push".
From The Wireless Officer by Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)
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