metalwork

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English

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Etymology

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From metal +‎ work.

Noun

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metalwork (countable and uncountable, plural metalworks)

  1. Objects made of metal.
    The local blacksmith made all the metalwork for this reconstructed old house.
    • 1964 July, “XP64: New Standard Carriage Project”, in Modern Railways, page 8:
      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.

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