steelworks
[ steel-wurks ]
noun,plural steel·works.(used with a singular or plural verb)
an establishment where steel is made and often manufactured into girders, rails, etc.
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How to use steelworks in a sentence
To this end he erected steelworks in Sheffield, on ground purchased with the help of friends, and began to manufacture steel.
But she has made up for it by utilizing a by-product of her steelworks.
Creative Chemistry | Edwin E. Slosson
British Dictionary definitions for steelworks
steelworks
/ (ˈstiːlˌwɜːks) /
noun
(functioning as singular or plural) a plant in which steel is made from iron ore and rolled or forged into blooms, billets, bars, or sheets
Derived forms of steelworks
- steelworker, noun
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