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foundry

English

Alternative forms

  • foundery (dated)

Etymology

From French fonderie.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: foun'dr?, IPA(key): /fa?nd?i/
  • Rhymes: -a?nd?i

Noun

foundry (countable and uncountable, plural foundries)

  1. A facility that melts metals in special furnaces and pours the molten metal into molds to make products. Foundries are usually specified according to the type of metal dealt with: iron foundry, brass foundry, etc.
  2. The act, process, or art of casting metals; founding.
  3. A semiconductor fabrication plant in the microelectronics industry.

Synonyms

  • (semiconductor fabrication plant): fab

Derived terms

  • type foundry

Translations

Further reading

  • foundry on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • foundry (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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melter

English

Etymology

melt +? -er

Noun

melter (plural melters)

  1. A person or thing that melts.
  2. A furnace used for melting iron in a foundry.
  3. A laborer who operates such a furnace.

Translations

Anagrams

  • remelt

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