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metalwork

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met·al·work  (mtl-wûrk)
n.
Articles, especially decorative objects, made of metal.

metalwork [ˈmɛtəlˌwɜːk]
n
1. (Engineering / Metallurgy) the craft of working in metal
2. (Engineering / Metallurgy) work in metal or articles made from metal
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.metalworkmetalwork - the metal parts of something; "there were bullet holes in the metalwork"
piece of work, work - a product produced or accomplished through the effort or activity or agency of a person or thing; "it is not regarded as one of his more memorable works"; "the symphony was hailed as an ingenious work"; "he was indebted to the pioneering work of John Dewey"; "the work of an active imagination"; "erosion is the work of wind or water over time"
2.metalworkmetalwork - the activity of making things out of metal in a skillful manner
formation, shaping - the act of fabricating something in a particular shape
Translations
metalwork [ˈmetlwɜːk] N (= craft) → metalistería f
metalwork [ˈmɛtəlwɜːrk] n (= craft) → ferronnerie f
metalwork [ˈmɛtlˌwɜːk] n (craft) → lavorazione f del metallo
metalwork [ˈmɛtlˌwɜːk] n (craft) → lavorazione f del metallo


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Yet these people were clothed in pleasant fabrics that must at times need renewal, and their sandals, though undecorated, were fairly complex specimens of metalwork.
came a vast explosion in the forward part of the flagship, and a huge piece of metalwork seemed to lift out of her and dump itself into the sea, dropping men and leaving a gap into which a prompt drachenflieger planted a flaring bomb.
 
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