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metalwork

metalwork noun: objects made of metal.

Noun

metalwork (countable and uncountable, plural metalworks)

  1. Objects made of metal.
    • The local blacksmith made all the metalwork for this reconstructed old house.
    • Metalwork is either silver or gold anodised aluminium, the latter being used experimentally in one of the six schemes.1964 July, “XP64: New Standard Carriage Project”, in Modern Railways, page 8
  2. The act of shaping metal, metalworking.

Forms of metalwork

pluralmetalworks

Origin of metalwork

From metal + -work.

Questions about metalwork

What does metalwork mean?
Metalwork means objects made of metal.
What part of speech is metalwork?
Metalwork is a noun.
What is the plural of metalwork?
The plural of metalwork is metalworks.

Words near metalwork in the dictionary

  1. metaltelline
  2. metaltellines
  3. metaluminous
  4. metalware
  5. metalwares
  6. metalwork
  7. metalworker
  8. metalworkers
  9. metalworking
  10. metalworkings
  11. metalworks

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