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steelworks

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A place where steel is manufactured and/or shaped.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a factory where steel is made

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: steel mill, steel plant, steel factory

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: factory, mill, manufacturing plant, manufactory

Narrower terms: rolling mill

History

Etymology

From steel + works.

Across languages

Translations

59 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: պողպատաձուլարան (poġpatajularan) — place where steel is manufactured and/or shaped
  • Belarusian: сталеліце́йны заво́д (staljelicjéjny zavód) — place where steel is manufactured and/or shaped
  • Belarusian: металургі́чны камбіна́т (mjetalurhíčny kambinát) — place where steel is manufactured and/or shaped
  • Belarusian: мэталюргі́чны камбіна́т (metaljurhíčny kambinát) — place where steel is manufactured and/or shaped
  • Bulgarian: стоманодоби́вен заво́д (stomanodobíven zavód) — place where steel is manufactured and/or shaped
  • Bulgarian: металурги́чен заво́д (metalurgíčen zavód) — place where steel is manufactured and/or shaped
  • Bulgarian: стоманодоби́вен комбина́т (stomanodobíven kombinát) — place where steel is manufactured and/or shaped
  • Catalan: acereria — place where steel is manufactured and/or shaped
  • Chinese Mandarin: 鋼鐵廠 /钢铁厂 (gāngtiěchǎng) — place where steel is manufactured and/or shaped
  • Chinese Mandarin: 鋼廠 /钢厂 (gāngchǎng) — place where steel is manufactured and/or shaped
  • Czech: ocelárna — place where steel is manufactured and/or shaped
  • Danish: stålværk — place where steel is manufactured and/or shaped
  • Dutch: staalfabriek — place where steel is manufactured and/or shaped
  • Dutch: staalproducent — place where steel is manufactured and/or shaped
  • Dutch: staalbedrijf — place where steel is manufactured and/or shaped
  • Esperanto: ŝtalfandejo — place where steel is manufactured and/or shaped
  • Esperanto: ŝtalfabriko — place where steel is manufactured and/or shaped
  • Estonian: terasetehas — place where steel is manufactured and/or shaped
  • Finnish: terästehdas — place where steel is manufactured and/or shaped
  • French: aciérie — place where steel is manufactured and/or shaped
  • German: Stahlwerk — place where steel is manufactured and/or shaped
  • German: Stahlhütte — place where steel is manufactured and/or shaped
  • Greek: χαλυβουργείο (chalyvourgeío) — place where steel is manufactured and/or shaped
  • Greek: χαλυβουργία (chalyvourgía) — place where steel is manufactured and/or shaped
  • Hungarian: acélmű — place where steel is manufactured and/or shaped
  • Ido: staliferio — place where steel is manufactured and/or shaped
  • Irish: cruachchearta — place where steel is manufactured and/or shaped
  • Irish: obair chruach — place where steel is manufactured and/or shaped
  • Italian: acciaieria — place where steel is manufactured and/or shaped
  • Japanese: 製鋼所 — place where steel is manufactured and/or shaped
  • Korean: 제철소 (jecheolso) — place where steel is manufactured and/or shaped
  • Latvian: tēraudlietuve — place where steel is manufactured and/or shaped
  • Lithuanian: plieno gamykla — place where steel is manufactured and/or shaped
  • Macedonian: челичана (čeličana) — place where steel is manufactured and/or shaped
  • Manx: staillin-cheirdee — place where steel is manufactured and/or shaped
  • Norwegian Bokmål: stålverk — place where steel is manufactured and/or shaped
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: stålverk — place where steel is manufactured and/or shaped
  • Occitan: acieria — place where steel is manufactured and/or shaped
  • Persian: کارخانهٔ فولاد (kârxâne-ye fulâd) — place where steel is manufactured and/or shaped
  • Polish: huta — place where steel is manufactured and/or shaped
  • Polish: stalownia — place where steel is manufactured and/or shaped
  • Portuguese: aciaria — place where steel is manufactured and/or shaped
  • Romanian: oţelărie — place where steel is manufactured and/or shaped
  • Russian: сталелите́йный заво́д (stalelitéjnyj zavód) — place where steel is manufactured and/or shaped
  • Russian: металлурги́ческий комбина́т (metallurgíčeskij kombinát) — place where steel is manufactured and/or shaped
  • Scottish Gaelic: muileann-stàilinn — place where steel is manufactured and/or shaped
  • Serbo-Croatian: челича̀на — place where steel is manufactured and/or shaped
  • Serbo-Croatian: čeličàna — place where steel is manufactured and/or shaped
  • Slovak: oceliareň — place where steel is manufactured and/or shaped
  • Slovene: jeklarna — place where steel is manufactured and/or shaped
  • Lower Sorbian: stalownja — place where steel is manufactured and/or shaped
  • Upper Sorbian: woclownja — place where steel is manufactured and/or shaped
  • Spanish: acería — place where steel is manufactured and/or shaped
  • Spanish: acerería — place where steel is manufactured and/or shaped
  • Swedish: stålverk — place where steel is manufactured and/or shaped
  • Turkish: çelikhane — place where steel is manufactured and/or shaped
  • Ukrainian: сталелива́рний заво́д (stalelyvárnyj zavód) — place where steel is manufactured and/or shaped
  • Ukrainian: металургі́йний комбіна́т (metalurhíjnyj kombinát) — place where steel is manufactured and/or shaped
  • Vilamovian: hu̇tta — place where steel is manufactured and/or shaped