Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An establishment where metal objects are made by melting metal and pouring it into molds.
- noun The skill or operation of founding.
- noun The castings made by founding.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The easting of metals.
- noun An establishment for the founding of metallic articles: as, a foundry of bells or of cannon; a type-foundry.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act, process, or art of casting metals.
- noun The buildings and works for casting metals.
- noun a vessel for holding molten metal and conveying it from cupola to the molds.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A facility that melts
metals in specialfurnaces and pours the molten metal intomolds to make products. Foundries are usually specified according to the type of metal dealt with, as iron foundry, brass foundry, etc.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun factory where metal castings are produced
Etymologies
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Examples
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MOSCOW, September 25 (RIA Novosti) - The Russian tractor producer Traktorniye Zavody said Thursday it had bought a 74\% stake in German foundry Luitpoldhutte AG but declined to disclose the value of the deal.
RIA Novosti 2008
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Chinese telecommunications firm, Datang Telecom Technology & Industry Holdings has invested $172 Million in Chinese foundry, SMIC.
Fabtech - News 2008
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So, they call the foundry and before the foundry can answer, the sales rep leads the question "So, Bill, we built that tooling out of plastic didn't we?
unknown title 2008
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Just in a minute, you'll see our foundry, which is one of the most modern, automated, foundries in the South.
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We find in 1752 a Mr. Champion of Bristol applied the atmospheric engine to raise water to drive a number of wheels for working machinery in a brasswork, in other words, a foundry.
Lectures on Popular and Scientific Subjects Earl of Caithness John Sutherland Sinclair
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About three-tenths of this quantity are of a quality suitable for the foundry, which is all used in Great Britain and Ireland, with the exception of a small quantity exported to France and America.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 359, March 7, 1829 Various
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The trip to the foundry was a short one, and the three scientists of Earth stared at what they saw -- thousands of tons of platinum, cast into bars and piled up like pig-iron, waiting to be made into numerous articles of every-day use throughout the nation.
The Skylark of Space Lee Hawkins Garby 1922
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The building was, by turns, called foundry, mills and shops.
Half a Rogue Harold MacGrath 1901
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The foundry was a wreck, but even this did not satisfy the fury of the strikers, which had been excited by the presence of the strike-breakers imported by McGinnis.
To Him That Hath: a Tale of the West of Today Ralph Connor 1898
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The most important business in hand at the time of my visit to the foundry was the moulding and casting of the magnificent bronze capitals of the grand portico of the Izak Church.
James Nasmyth: Engineer, An Autobiography. Nasmyth, James 1885
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