steel factory
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2.9
- noun
- /stiːl ˈfæktəri/
:
fábrica de acero
- But their problem, of course, is that the steel factory closed two years after I left Bain Capital and was no longer there.
Examples
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In the summer of my seventh year, we made a trip from our little five-room South Chicago bungalow across the street from a steel factory and the railroad tracks to Kentucky.
Fiction book (1991) -
Closure of the steel factory in 1999, for example, ruined all prospects of maintaining economic independence for Sydney.
Academic text (2002) -
Concerns about lowered respiratory function among both miners and steel factory workers, and the downplaying of mine disasters, have played an important role in emphasizing the dangers of the industry to local residents.
Academic text (2002) -
They said, 'Oh, gosh, Governor Romney at Bain Capital closed down a steel factory,'" Romney said of an Obama campaign ad about the GST Steel closing in an interview with the website HotAir.com in May.
Blog text (12) -
Fontana, Calif.—At a steel factory dwarfed by the adjacent Auto Club Speedway, Fernando Esparza is working toward his next promotion.
Academic text (2017) -
The workers at the steel factory efficiently produced high-quality metal products.
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After many years in the industry, he decided to open his own steel factory to create custom parts.
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The town's economy relied heavily on the local steel factory for jobs and business opportunities.
Synonyms
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3.3
A factory that makes steel from raw materials
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3.7
A factory where steel is made from iron and other materials
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3.4
A factory where steel is made and processed
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3.9
A factory or group of factories where people make steel
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4.2
A factory where people make things from metal like tools or machine parts
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Morphology
The meaning is fully compositional: 'steel' names the product/material and 'factory' names the production site, so 'steel factory' straightforwardly means a factory that makes or works with steel. This noun–noun compounding pattern is regular in English and common cross-linguistically, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
Steel factory simply names the place where steel is made. Large buildings with hot furnaces and heavy machines turn iron into steel, so the phrase means 'a factory that makes steel'.