foundry
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foundry
- /ˈfaʊn.dɹi/
Rhymes with -aʊndɹi
Where it comes from
From French fonderie. By surface analysis, found (“to melt (metals)”) + -ry (“place; process”).
noun foundries · foundery
- A facility that melts metals in special furnaces and pours the molten metal into molds to make products. Foundries are usually specified according to the type of metal dealt with: iron foundry, brass foundry, etc. So after learning a great deal about iron founding and much more about pike fishing, one regretfully took leave of a shop full of kindly characters and proceeded to a worse lot of odours in the brass foundry. […] So after a short spell in the brass foundry the wisest course was to follow with a simi
- The act, process, or art of casting metals; founding.
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A plant that produces chips out of semiconductors in the microelectronics industry.
Chang gained trust by allaying fears that TSMC would steal designs, as pure-play foundries have no use of them; TSMC stealing from chip designers would be like a printing press stealing plots from novelists.
Similar: fab
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: metalworks, smelting, refinery, smelter, die-cast, metal, moulding, melting, factory, cast, manufacture, manufacturing, casting, fonderie, smelters, forge
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Every language
noun facility that melts metals
| Español | fundición, fundería, forja, ferrería, herrería, factoría |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 鋳造所 chūzōsho |
| 中文 | 鑄造廠 /铸造厂 zhùzàochǎng |
| हिन्दी | ढलाईघर ḍhalāīghar, ढलाईख़ाना ḍhalāīxānā |
| Português | fundição |
| Français | fonderie |
| Deutsch | Gießerei |
| Italiano | fonderia |
| Ελληνικά | χυτήριο chytírio |
| Română | turnătorie |
| Русский | лите́йная litéjnaja, лите́йный цех litéjnyj cex, лите́йный заво́д litéjnyj zavód |
Talk about this word "foundry." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/foundry. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. foundry. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/foundry "foundry." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/foundry.Cite this
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title = {foundry},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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