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foundry

[ foun-dree ]

noun

, plural found·ries.
  1. an establishment for producing castings in molten metal.
  2. the act or process of founding or casting metal.
  3. the category of metal objects made by founding; castings.


foundry

/ ˈfaʊndrɪ /

noun

  1. a place in which metal castings are produced
  2. the science or practice of casting metal
  3. cast-metal articles collectively


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Word History and Origins

Origin of foundry1

From the French word fonderie, dating back to 1595–1605. See found 3, -ery

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Word History and Origins

Origin of foundry1

C17: from Old French fonderie , from fondre ; see found ³

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Example Sentences

A typical aim of a foundry project is to assess which of hundreds of versions of a given gene is particularly good at, say, turning sugar into a specific chemical.

Chip foundries are drowning in orders that far exceed their capacity for the year.

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When in 2010 Apple announced its first custom-designed chip, the A4, it was self-evident in the semiconductor industry that it would be made by a foundry in Asia.

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The companies that build those devices then sent a wave of semiconductor orders rippling up the supply chain, which quickly overwhelmed the few chip foundries that manufacture virtually all of the world’s computer chips.

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The typography on the two most recent covers needed to be hand drawn, as we could find no modern type foundry which has an exact interpretation of the one used on the original cover.

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“The factories in our neighborhood have all gone, the coal plant, the iron foundry, about a dozen of them,” said Zhang Fanzhi, 58.

There are six engines nearly finished at Coalbrookdale, and seven in a foundry at Bridgenorth.

I have a small engine now at foundry, and would put it on board one of their barges for your inspection.

Mr. Hazeldine had the foundry when Trevithick's engines were made, and have heard my father speak of them.

The big beam was cast at Perran Foundry in 1815; you can see the name and date upon it now.

Blue or black mortar contains equal parts of foundry ashes and lime; but is improved by the addition of a proportion of cement.

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