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foundry
/ˈfaʊndɹi/
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What does foundry mean?
noun
- 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.
- The act, process, or art of casting metals; founding.
- 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.
The articles produced here were mostly for ship work, and in the busy season the foundry was in operation night and day.
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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.
In this foundry he had seen a unique machine that could be made to mould hot lead around a rope of twisted wires.
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.