metalworking

[ met-l-wur-king ]

noun

1. the act or technique of making metal objects.

metalworking

/ ˈmɛtəlˌwɜːkɪŋ /

noun

1. the processing of metal to change its shape, size, etc, as by rolling, forging, etc, or by making metal articles

Derived Forms

• ˈmetalˌworker, noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of metalworking¹

First recorded in 1880–85; metal + working

Example Sentences

Excavations in what’s now northeastern Sweden uncovered ancient furnaces and fire pits that hunter-gatherers used for metalworking.

From Science News

There’s woodworking equipment, metalworking equipment, hammers, wrenches, and dozens of boxes just for storing bike parts.

From MIT Technology Review

This trade network could have helped transmit new ideas and technologies, such as metalworking, to the Arctic, and may have facilitated Siberian society’s transition from foraging to reindeer herding in the last 2,000 years.

From Science News

Metalworking, which is a biggie in Birmingham [several members worked for British Steel before joining], was even worse.

From The Daily Beast

But heavy metalworking industry was always considered more important than food and clothing.

From Project Gutenberg

Our loom is clumsy because, of course, our metalworking is not far advanced.

From Project Gutenberg

In early Christian Ireland metalworking was brought to a pitch rarely equalled and never excelled.

From Project Gutenberg