smithy
pronunciation
How to pronounce smithy in British English:
UK [ˈsmɪði]
How to pronounce smithy in American English:
US [ˈsmɪθi]
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- Noun:
- a workplace where metal is worked by heating and hammering
Word Origin
- smithy (n.)
- "workshop of a smith," c. 1300, from Old Norse smiðja (cognate with Old English smiððe), from Proto-Germanic *smith-ja-, from PIE smi- (see smith (n.)).
Example
- 1. Smithy spoke to him in a low and urgent voice .
- 2. And you 're the man from the smithy .
- 3. She and smithy should meet up , they 'd get on famously .
- 4. To work at a forge or smithy .
- 5. How the hilt of a sword wandered so far from the smithy .