steelworks

[steel-wurks]

noun

(used with a singular or plural verb)

plural

steelworks 

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

steelworks

/ ˈstiːlˌwɜːks /

noun

1. (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

Other Word Forms

• steelworker noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of steelworks¹

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

Example Sentences

Having been at the steelworks for the majority of his working life, Mr Roberts said he never really considered any other career option.

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"A number of generations of my family worked in the steelworks, my uncles and my grandfather," he added.

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At the time, the company was nearing the end of a rebuild of the club's main stand at Tynecastle stadium - erecting a 120-metre steel beam and steelworks to allow for 2,000 more seats.

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The scale of the workload now being anticipated holds out the prospect of demand for rolled steel plates from the Dalzell steelworks in Motherwell.

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The UK's third-largest steelworks has been placed under government control, creating an uncertain future for nearly 1,500 workers in Rotherham and Sheffield.

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