Ironworks
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 plural of ironwork form-of, plural
- 2 A factory in which iron is manufactured or iron goods are made.
"But, like more than one similar North Wales beauty-spot, there had to be (at least at the time of which I write), a quarry, or ironworks, or some kind of industrial plant, which lay perpetually under a cloud of yellowish smoke—literally a blot on the landscape."
- 3 the workplace where iron is smelted or where iron goods are made wordnet
Example
More examples"But, like more than one similar North Wales beauty-spot, there had to be (at least at the time of which I write), a quarry, or ironworks, or some kind of industrial plant, which lay perpetually under a cloud of yellowish smoke—literally a blot on the landscape."
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