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metalworking

metalworking

1 3.5
Work that shapes metal into useful or decorative objects with tools
  • noun
  • /ˈmɛtəlˌwɜrkɪŋ/
translation icon : trabajo de metal
  • He learned the art of metalworking during an apprenticeship with a skilled craftsman.
  • metalworking operations
  • metalworking coolants
  • advanced metalworking

The West was very good at metalworking, honey hunting, Falcons, wax.

Examples

  • The city must have seethed with activity, for archaeologists have unearthed abundant evidence of metalworking, textile manufacturing, and semiprecious gem working.

    Academic text (2004)

  • Neither place was a major center for women's trades, though Birmingham had a large and diverse metalworking sector.

    Academic text (1996)

  • Evidence shows that ancient Shahdad had a large metalworking industry by this time.

    Academic text (2011)

  • I don't have metalworking tools so I mainly use the table saw and hand tools.

  • Take Ingersoll Machine Tools Inc. of Rockford, Ill., which makes machine tools for the metalworking industry.

    Academic text (2006)

  • Manchester's ion-exchange system is flexible enough to serve a variety of metalworking operations.

    Academic text (1994)

  • Ancient sources state that the Thracians were excellent fighters, advanced in metalworking and horsemanship.

    Academic text (2007)

  • After metal ions are removed, the wastewater can be reused in the metalworking process.

    Academic text (1994)

  • Elsewhere, metalworking had developed hand in hand with stratified societies, warfare, and specialized labor.

    Academic text (2006)

  • Knitwear, meatpacking, metalworking, and graphic arts are the main economic supports of Olot today.

    Academic text (2003)

Synonyms

metalwork
vsmetalworking
1 3.8

Making objects by shaping and joining pieces of metal

focuses on the craft using specialized tools and skilled technique

Compounds

metalworking vise
  • Specialized
7.1

A heavy tool with two metal jaws that holds pieces firmly while you work on them

How Specialized

shaving cutter
  • Specialized
8.8
tooling
  • Specialized
1 6.7
tool-and-die work
  • Specialized
8.1
metalworking
1 3.5
maintenance
350 3.6

Surface Forms

metalworking singular
metalworkings plural

Morphology

metalworking = metalwork (transparent) = metal + work + ing

The base word 'metalwork' and the suffix '-ing' make the activity or process sense straightforwardly recoverable.

Etymology

Metalworking comes from the two simple parts metal and working. Metal is the material and working means 'work' with hands or tools, so metalworking is the craft of shaping and making things from metal.