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iron works

iron works is the alternative spelling of ironworks.

Meaning of ironworks

Noun

ironworks (plural ironworks)

  1. 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.1955 January, R. S. McNaught, “From the Severn to the Mersey by Great Western”, in Railway Magazine, pages 18-19

Forms of iron works

pluraliron works

Origin of iron works

From iron + works.

Questions about iron works

What is iron works the alternative spelling of?
Iron works is the alternative spelling of ironworks.

Words near iron works in the dictionary

  1. iron sulphides
  2. iron triad
  3. iron triangle
  4. iron triangles
  5. iron vitriol
  6. iron works
  7. iron(II) carbonate
  8. iron(II) chloride
  9. iron(II) oxide
  10. iron(II) sulfate
  11. iron(II) sulphate

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