noun
Meaning 1
plural of ironwork
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, plural
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ironworks
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noun
Meaning 2
A factory in which iron is manufactured or iron goods are made.
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noun
Meaning 3
the workplace where iron is smelted or where iron goods are made
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: workplace, work
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Across languages
Translations
21 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: металургичен завод (metalurgičen zavod) — factory
- Catalan: siderúrgia — factory
- Chinese Mandarin: 鐵廠 /铁厂 (tiěchǎng) — factory
- Chinese Mandarin: 鐵工廠 /铁工厂 (tiěgōngchǎng) — factory
- Finnish: rautatehdas — factory
- Finnish: ruukki — factory
- French: ferronnerie — factory
- German: Eisenwerk — factory
- Italian: ferriera — factory
- Japanese: 製鉄所 — factory
- Norwegian Bokmål: jernverk — factory
- Norwegian Nynorsk: jarnverk — factory
- Norwegian Nynorsk: jernverk — factory
- Polish: huta żelaza — factory
- Russian: металлурги́ческий заво́д (metallurgíčeskij zavód) — factory
- Russian: чугунолите́йный заво́д (čugunolitéjnyj zavód) — factory
- Slovene: železarna — factory
- Spanish: herrería — factory
- Spanish: ferrería — factory
- Ukrainian: металургі́йний заво́д (metalurhíjnyj zavód) — factory
- Yiddish: אײַזנגעשעפֿט (ayzngesheft) — factory
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