ironworks

[ ahy-ern-wurks ]

noun,plural i·ron·works.(used with a singular or plural verb)
  1. an establishment where iron is smelted or where it is cast or wrought.

Origin of ironworks

1
1575–85; iron + works (in the sense “manufacturing establishment”)

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British Dictionary definitions for ironworks

ironworks

/ (ˈaɪənˌwɜːks) /


noun
  1. (sometimes functioning as singular) a building in which iron is smelted, cast, or wrought

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