steel·work (st l wûrk )n. 1. Something made of steel. 2. steelworks (used with a sing. verb) A plant where steel is made; a foundry. steel worker n. |
steelworks [ˈstiːlˌwɜːks]
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(Engineering / Metallurgy) (functioning as singular or plural) a plant in which steel is made from iron ore and rolled or forged into blooms, billets, bars, or sheets
steelworker n
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| Noun | 1. |  steelworks - a factory where steel is made Bessemer converter - a refractory-lined furnace used to convert pig iron into steel by the Bessemer process blast furnace - a furnace for smelting of iron from iron oxide ores; combustion is intensified by a blast of air factory, manufactory, manufacturing plant, mill - a plant consisting of one or more buildings with facilities for manufacturing rolling mill - steel mill where metal is rolled into sheets and bars electric-arc furnace, Stassano furnace - an electric furnace in which an electric arc provides the source of heat for making steel |
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