foundryfoun‧dry /ˈfaʊndri/ noun (plural foundries) [countable] 
an iron foundry
WORD ORIGINfoundry
Origin:
1600-1700 French fonderie, from fondre ‘to melt’, from Latin fundere ‘to pour, melt’EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
- Around 1876 Constance demolished the majority of the old foundry buildings, and built the present Camp Mill.
- Features clearly cast in Harvey's foundry include the iron balustrade over the porch and the balusters of the main staircase.
- His whimsical creations incorporate the antique wood letters and foundry type from a Montana newspaper he published in the 1960s.
- Hundreds of state-owned companies, from the telephone monopoly to steel foundries, have been sold in the past decade.
- The bell foundry is not open to the public.
- The molder, a foundry worker, made the mold that made the casting.
- The pieces are cast in bronze, aluminum or iron at a foundry in Alabama.
- Vitesse Semiconductor Corp is the foundry.
THESAURUS
a building or group of buildings in which goods are produced in large quantities, using machines: · She works in a chocolate factory.· a clothing factory
a large factory where cars, chemicals, or energy is produced: · Local residents are protesting about the new nuclear power plant.· a car plant· a nuclear power plant
a factory. Facility is often used instead of factory in business English: · The new production facility is one of the most up-to-date in the area.
used in the following compounds to describe a factory that produces a particular thing: a steelworks/ironworks/brickworks/a chemical/cement works/a printing works
a factory that produces paper, cotton, or cloth: · a paper mill· The textile mill has been converted into luxury flats.
a place where ships are built or repaired: · The vessel was built in the Kobe shipyard.
a factory where metal is made into things using moulds: · Mandela’s statue was cast here in a local foundry.
disapproving a small factory where people work hard in bad conditions for very little money: · The company was fined for selling goods produced in sweatshops.
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COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY an iron foundryCOLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN
a place where metals are melted and poured into moulds (=hollow shapes) to make parts for machines, tools etc: an iron foundry· Along the length of the railway line were timber yards, rope works, maltings and an iron foundry.· Livings was their architect for the iron foundry at Stockton, which John now had ideas of enlarging.· They also make more noise than two iron foundries having a fight.
an iron foundry