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smithy

/ˈsmɪði/

smithy noun: the location where a smith (particularly a blacksmith) works; a forge.

Noun

smithy (plural smithies)

  1. The location where a smith (particularly a blacksmith) works; a forge.
    • Traditionally a village smithy was a busy place because the smith's work was so necessary.
    • The workshop with its smithy is still intact, also the loading stage where the narrow-gauge wagons tipped their contents into those of the G.W.R.1941 June, “Notes and News: The Derelict Glyn Valley Tramway”, in Railway Magazine, page 278
    Synonyms:
    forge, smithery

Verb

smithy (third-person singular simple present smithies, present participle smithying, simple past and past participle smithied)

  1. (uncommon) To forge (metal), especially by traditional blacksmith methods.
    • "That's funny looking mail, Sire," said Eustace.
      "Aye, lad," said Tirian. "No Narnian dwarf smithied that. […]1956, C. S. Lewis, The Last Battle
    • So the old smith went out to his smithy and weighed out iron enough to make a stout staff a stone weight, and he smithied it well while his son looked on. […] So they weighed six stone of iron and smithied a great bent club like a shinny, and when that was made and cooled the smith's son said...1995, John Francis Campbell, The Celtic Dragon Myth, page 59

Proper noun capitalized: Smithy

Smithy

  1. A nickname of the surname Smith.

smithy meaning in Tamil, Bengali and Malayalam

smithy in Tamil

கொல்லர் உலைக்களம், கொல்லர் பட்டறை, கொல்லுலை

smithy in Bengali

কামারশালা

smithy in Malayalam

കൊല്ലപ്പണിക്കാരൻറെ പണിശാല, ആല

Synonyms of smithy

Forms of smithy

Noun
pluralsmithies
Verb
third-person singular presentsmithies
present participlesmithying
past participlesmithied
pastsmithied

Plural of smithy: smithies

Origin of smithy

From Middle English smythy, from Old Norse smiðja, from Proto-Germanic *smiþjǭ. Cognate with Old English smiþþe (whence the obsolete modern doublet smithe, smythe (“the workshop of a smith, forge”)). See the Proto-Germanic entry for further cognates. Partially displaced by English forge.

From Smith + -y.

Words formed from smithy

Phrases with smithy

Words that rhyme with smithy

Questions about smithy

What does smithy mean?
Smithy means the location where a smith (particularly a blacksmith) works; a forge.
What is smithy in Tamil?
Smithy in Tamil is கொல்லர் உலைக்களம், கொல்லர் பட்டறை, கொல்லுலை. See Smithy meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is smithy?
Smithy can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce smithy?
Smithy is pronounced /ˈsmɪði/.
What is the plural of smithy?
The plural of smithy is smithies.

Words near smithy in the dictionary

  1. Smithwick
  2. Smithwicks
  3. smithwork
  4. smithwright
  5. smithwrights
  6. smithy
  7. Smithy Bridge
  8. smithy coal
  9. smithy coals
  10. smithying
  11. smitilbin

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: smithy (page history and authors); Smithy (page history and authors); smithy (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); smithy (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); smithy (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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