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metalwork

noun

Etymology

From metal + -work.

  1. derived from μέταλλον
  2. derived from metallum
  3. derived from metal
  4. inherited from metal
  5. suffixed as metalwork — “metal + work”

Definitions

  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.

  2. The act of shaping metal, metalworking.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA