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steelworks

[steel-wurks]
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noun, plural steel·works. (used with a singular or plural verb)
  1. an establishment where steel is made and often manufactured into girders, rails, etc.
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Origin of steelworks

steel + works

steelwork

[steel-wurk]
noun
  1. steel parts or articles.
  2. the steel frame or superstructure of a building, bridge, etc.
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Origin of steelwork

First recorded in 1675–85; steel + work
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  • But she has made up for it by utilizing a by-product of her steelworks.

    Creative Chemistry

    Edwin E. Slosson

British Dictionary definitions for steelworks

steelworks

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
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Derived Formssteelworker, noun

steelwork

noun
  1. a frame, foundation, or building, or article made of steelthe steelwork of a skyscraper
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Derived Formssteelworking, noun
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