foundry
pronunciation
How to pronounce foundry in British English:
UK [ˈfaʊndri]
How to pronounce foundry in American English:
US [ˈfaʊndri]
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- Noun:
- factory where metal castings are produced
Word Origin
- foundry (n.)
- c. 1600, "art of casting metal," from French fonderei, from fondre "to cast" (see found (v.2)). Meaning "establishment for the founding of metallic articles" is from 1640s. Related: Foundryman.
Synonym
Example
- 1. The challenge of building central africa 's first arts foundry
- 2. 5 / 16 Minsk , belarus : workers rest at a foundry of the minsk automobile factory
- 3. In manchester , the one-time foundryman was made an honorary member of the amalgamated union of foundry workers ; he wore the medal for the rest of his visit .
- 4. General motors built a foundry nearby that made automobile parts alcoa had two manufacturing plants for aluminum and the area was contaminated with pcbs which were used in the three plants .
- 5. In ramshackle semi-industrial tianying , a state-owned lead smelter and foundry sits at the centre of town , behind high walls and secure gates that make it look more like a prison than the mainstay of the local economy .