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Webster 1913 Edition
Foundry
1.
The act, process, or art of casting metals.
2.
The buildings and works for casting metals.
Foundry ladle
, a vessel for holding molten metal and conveying it from cupola to the molds.
Definition 2024
foundry
foundry
English
Noun
foundry (plural foundries)
- 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 semiconductor fabrication plant in the microelectronics industry.
Synonyms
- (semiconductor fabrication plant): fab
Related terms
Translations
facility that melts metals
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