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

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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Mr Burton had qualified as a mechanic prior going to work at the Port Talbot steelworks, before taking voluntary redundancy.

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The government is preparing to take control of the UK's third largest steelworks in a bid to save the business and protect 1,500 jobs.

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Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds is set for a showdown with the Chinese owners of British Steel after the government claimed they demanded hundreds of millions in taxpayer money for the steelworks at Scunthorpe.

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