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ironworker

ironworker

3 3.7
A person who builds or fixes metal parts of buildings and bridges
  • noun
  • /ˈaɪərnˌwɜrkər/
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  • But it was here in 1817, among the farmyards, quarries, and fields, that a small group of stonemasons, laborers, ironworkers, and framework-knitters decided to make a stand against a system they felt was unjust.
  • Mohawk ironworkers
  • Union ironworker
  • old ironworker

So I I've only met my mom's father one time, and he was the foreman of the ironworkers union that built the World Trade Center.

Examples

  • Bobby Two Rivers, a 19-year-old ironworker and musician.

    Fiction book (2002)

  • Matt Sherman, a 27-year-old ironworker, fell 25 feet from scaffolding on a construction site when his safety belt broke.

    Academic text (2005)

  • NARRATOR 1: Like his father and grandfather before him, Bobby is an ironworker.

    Fiction book (2002)

  • The city needs steel and ironworkers for the rescue and recovery effort.

    Fiction book (2002)

  • Learn about American Indian ironworkers in our fictional play based on historical facts.

    Fiction book (2002)

  • NARRATOR 2: He begins working long days and nights at the site with many of the ironworkers from the Mohawk reservation.

    Fiction book (2002)

  • Beauvais is also one of the ironworkers who toiled at Ground Zero after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

    Fiction book (2002)

  • Reva: All the Mohawk ironworkers on the reservation are volunteering their time.

    Fiction book (2002)

  • Many viewers may know something about Mohawk ironworkers and comprehend the necessity of snowmobiles as a part of twenty-first-century life.

    Academic text (2004)

  • Joshua Coleman is a skilled ironworker who helps build highway bridges and high-rise buildings.

Synonyms

metalworker
vsironworker
2 3.5

A person who makes things from metal, often by hammering or welding

focuses on building or repairing iron and steel structures in construction

Surface Forms

ironworker singular
ironworkers plural

Morphology

ironworker = iron + worker (transparent) = iron + work + er

Clear compound of 'iron' + 'worker' meaning a person who works with iron or steel, which B1 learners can derive from the components.

Etymology

The word ironworker joins iron ('strong metal') and worker ('someone who works'), so it names a person who builds or repairs things like beams, buildings, and bridges using iron or steel.