"foundry" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈfaʊn.dɹi/ Forms: foundries [plural]
enPR: foun'drē Rhymes: -aʊndɹi Etymology: From French fonderie. By surface analysis, found (“to melt (metals)”) + -ry (“place; process”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*ǵʰewd-}}, {{bor|en|fr|fonderie}} French fonderie, {{surf|en|found|-ery|alt2=-ry|id1=melt|t1=to melt (metals)|t2=place; process}} By surface analysis, found (“to melt (metals)”) + -ry (“place; process”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} foundry (countable and uncountable, plural foundries)
  1. A facility that melts metals in special furnaces and pours the molten metal into molds to make products. Foundries are usually specified according to the type of metal dealt with: iron foundry, brass foundry, etc. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Metallurgy Translations (facility that melts metals): ձուլարան (jularan) (Armenian), леярна (lejarna) [feminine] (Bulgarian), foneria [feminine] (Catalan), 鑄造廠 (Chinese Mandarin), 铸造厂 (zhùzàochǎng) (Chinese Mandarin), slévárna [feminine] (Czech), støberi [neuter] (Danish), gieterij (Dutch), valukoda (Estonian), valimo (Finnish), fonderie [feminine] (French), fundizón [feminine] (Galician), forna [feminine] (Galician), Gießerei [feminine] (German), χυτήριο (chytírio) [neuter] (Greek), vasöntöde (Hungarian), öntöde (Hungarian), fonderia [feminine] (Italian), 鋳造所 (chūzōsho) (alt: ちゅうぞうしょ) (Japanese), леарница (learnica) [feminine] (Macedonian), mwyllin yiarn [masculine] (Manx), fondariá [feminine] (Occitan), Jeetarie [feminine] (Plautdietsch), odlewnia [feminine] (Polish), gisernia [feminine] (Polish), fundição [feminine] (Portuguese), turnătorie [feminine] (Romanian), лите́йная (litéjnaja) [feminine] (Russian), лите́йный цех (litéjnyj cex) [masculine] (Russian), лите́йный заво́д (litéjnyj zavód) (english: plant) [masculine] (Russian), ljevaónica [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), fundición [feminine] (Spanish), fundería [feminine, obsolete] (Spanish), forja [feminine] (Spanish), gjuteri [neuter] (Swedish), pabubuan (Tagalog), dökümevi (Turkish), dökümhane (Turkish), лива́рня (lyvárnja) [feminine] (Ukrainian), плави́льня (plavýlʹnja) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
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  2. The act, process, or art of casting metals; founding. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-foundry-en-noun-RK1rPRM3 Categories (other): Terms with Hungarian translations Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 43 19 37
  3. A plant that produces chips out of semiconductors in the microelectronics industry. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms (semiconductor fabrication plant): fab
    Sense id: en-foundry-en-noun-8ZN2HCjn Categories (other): Terms with Hungarian translations Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 43 19 37 Disambiguation of 'semiconductor fabrication plant': 10 8 81
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: foundery [dated] Derived forms: type foundry

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "word": "ձուլարան"
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      "word": "foneria"
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      "sense": "facility that melts metals",
      "word": "鑄造廠"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "roman": "zhùzàochǎng",
      "sense": "facility that melts metals",
      "word": "铸造厂"
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      "sense": "facility that melts metals",
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      "sense": "facility that melts metals",
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      "sense": "facility that melts metals",
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      "sense": "facility that melts metals",
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      "sense": "facility that melts metals",
      "word": "valimo"
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      "sense": "facility that melts metals",
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      "sense": "facility that melts metals",
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      "sense": "facility that melts metals",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "forna"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "facility that melts metals",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Gießerei"
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      "sense": "facility that melts metals",
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      "sense": "facility that melts metals",
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "facility that melts metals",
      "word": "öntöde"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "facility that melts metals",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "fonderia"
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      "alt": "ちゅうぞうしょ",
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      "roman": "chūzōsho",
      "sense": "facility that melts metals",
      "word": "鋳造所"
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      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "learnica",
      "sense": "facility that melts metals",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "леарница"
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      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "facility that melts metals",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "mwyllin yiarn"
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    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "facility that melts metals",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "fondariá"
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      "sense": "facility that melts metals",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Jeetarie"
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      "sense": "facility that melts metals",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "odlewnia"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "facility that melts metals",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "gisernia"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "facility that melts metals",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "fundição"
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "facility that melts metals",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "turnătorie"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "litéjnaja",
      "sense": "facility that melts metals",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "лите́йная"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "litéjnyj cex",
      "sense": "facility that melts metals",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "лите́йный цех"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "english": "plant",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "litéjnyj zavód",
      "sense": "facility that melts metals",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "лите́йный заво́д"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "facility that melts metals",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "ljevaónica"
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    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "facility that melts metals",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "fundición"
    },
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "facility that melts metals",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "fundería"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "facility that melts metals",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "forja"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "facility that melts metals",
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      "word": "gjuteri"
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      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "facility that melts metals",
      "word": "pabubuan"
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "facility that melts metals",
      "word": "dökümevi"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "facility that melts metals",
      "word": "dökümhane"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "lyvárnja",
      "sense": "facility that melts metals",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "лива́рня"
    },
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "plavýlʹnja",
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "плави́льня"
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}

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