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foundry

/ˈfaʊndɹi/

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What does foundry mean?

noun

  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 plant that produces chips out of semiconductors in the microelectronics industry.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈfaʊndɹi/

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For this you will need twenty-four aluminum or iron sockets which may be purchased at a foundry or hardware shop.
William J. (William James) Jackman; Octave Chanute; Thomas Herbert RussellFlying Machines: Construction and Operation A Practical Book Which Shows, in Illustrations, Working Plans and Text, How to Build and Navigate the Modern AirshipProject Gutenberg ebook #907
The articles produced here were mostly for ship work, and in the busy season the foundry was in operation night and day.
Frederick DouglassCollected Articles of Frederick DouglassProject Gutenberg ebook #99
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After inspecting with great pleasure the machinery connected with the foundry, we took our leave and returned to Edinburgh by steamer from Alloa.
James NasmythJames Nasmyth, Engineer: An AutobiographyProject Gutenberg ebook #476
In this foundry he had seen a unique machine that could be made to mould hot lead around a rope of twisted wires.
Herbert Newton CassonThe History of the TelephoneProject Gutenberg ebook #819
Having been informed that there was a considerable iron foundry close by, I thought it would be worth my while to go and see it.
George BorrowWild Wales: Its People, Language and SceneryProject Gutenberg ebook #648