noun
Meaning 1
The art and craft of shaping metal.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
- metalworking industry
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
metalworking
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noun
Meaning 2
the activity of making things out of metal in a skillful manner
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: metalwork
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: formation, shaping
History
Etymology
From metal + working.
Across languages
Translations
18 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Aramaic: ܩܝܢܝܘܬܐ — Translations
- Bulgarian: металообработка (metaloobrabotka) — Translations
- Dutch: metaalbewerking — Translations
- Finnish: metallityö — Translations
- Finnish: metallintyöstö — Translations
- Finnish: metalli- — Translations
- German: Metallbearbeitung — Translations
- Gujarati: ધાતુકામ (dhātukām) — Translations
- Irish: miotalóireacht — Translations
- Irish: obair mhiotail — Translations
- Korean: 금속가공 (geumsokgagong) — Translations
- Middle English: smethyng — Translations
- Russian: металлообрабо́тка (metalloobrabótka) — Translations
- Spanish: metalmecánica — Translations
- Spanish: metalistería — Translations
- Swedish: metallbearbetning — Translations
- Ukrainian: металообро́блення (metaloobróblennja) — Translations
- Ukrainian: металообро́бка (metaloobróbka) — Translations
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