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单词 foundry
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foundry

(faʊndri)
Word forms: plural foundries
countable noun
A foundry is a place where metal or glass is melted and formed into particular shapes.

foundry in British English

(ˈfaʊndrɪ)
nounWord forms: plural -ries
1. 
a place in which metal castings are produced
2. 
the science or practice of casting metal
3. 
cast-metal articles collectively
Word origin
C17: from Old French fonderie, from fondre; see found3

foundry in American English

(ˈfaʊndri)
nounWord forms: plural ˈfoundries
1. 
the act, process, or work of melting and molding metals; casting
2. 
metal castings
3. 
a place where metal is cast
Word origin
see UNRESOLVED CROSS REF & -ery

Examples of 'foundry' in a sentence
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The former foundry worker became the most famous man in the world.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
His father had suffered burns as a foundry worker and had inhaled gas when working in a factory.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
His father worked in a foundry.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Her father was a foundry worker.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
He wrote it and is appearing in it, playing the character of his father, a former foundry worker.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
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