steelworks

[ steel-wurks ]

/ ˈstilˌwɜrks /

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noun, plural steel·works.(used with a singular or plural verb)

an establishment where steel is made and often manufactured into girders, rails, etc.

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Origin of steelworks

steel + works (in the sense “manufacturing establishment”)

Words nearby steelworks

steels, steel trap, steel wool, steelwork, steelworker, steelworks, steely, steelyard, Steen, steenbok, steenbras

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How to use steelworks in a sentence

To this end he erected steelworks in Sheffield, on ground purchased with the help of friends, and began to manufacture steel.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 6|Various
But she has made up for it by utilizing a by-product of her steelworks.
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British Dictionary definitions for steelworks

steelworks

/ (ˈstiːlˌwɜːks) /

noun

(functioning as singular or plural) a plant in which steel is made from iron ore and rolled or forged into blooms, billets, bars, or sheets

Derived forms of steelworks

steelworker, noun

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