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zincworks

zincworks noun: a factory where zinc is processed.

Noun

zincworks (plural zincworks)

  1. A factory where zinc is processed.
    • About 4. m. S.W. of Aix., near the great railway viaduct over the Geul, is an old castle on a height, called Emmaburg, from the daughter of Charlemagne, who ran off with his secretary Eginhard. Near it are the calamine-mines and zinc-works of the Vieille Montagne Company.1868, “Sect. IV.—Prussia.—Northern Germany.—The Rhine. Route 36”, in A Handbook for Travellers on the Continent: Being a Guide to Holland, Belgium, Prussia, Northern Germany, and the Rhine from...

Forms of zincworks

pluralzincworks
alternative formzinc-works

Origin of zincworks

From zinc + works.

Questions about zincworks

What does zincworks mean?
Zincworks means a factory where zinc is processed.
What part of speech is zincworks?
Zincworks is a noun.
What is the plural of zincworks?
The plural of zincworks is zincworks.

Words near zincworks in the dictionary

  1. zincware
  2. zincwares
  3. zincwork
  4. zincworker
  5. zincworkers
  6. zincworks
  7. zincy
  8. Zinda
  9. zindabad
  10. zindan
  11. zindans

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