metalwork

noun

met·​al·​work ˈme-tᵊl-ˌwərk How to pronounce metalwork (audio)
: the product of metalworking
especially : a metal object of artistic merit
metalworker noun

Examples of metalwork in a Sentence

a beautiful piece of metalwork
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A number of lilies can be seen in Swift and Kelce's floral arrangements, woven into the metalwork and planters behind the couple, says Greer. Natalia Senanayake, People.com, 27 Aug. 2025 Entering the Bob Dylan Center, visitors are greeted in the lobby with a 16-foot metalwork designed and built for the center by Dylan at his Black Buffalo Artworks studio in Malibu, California. Gary Stoller, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025 Geometric metalwork reminiscent of a quilt pattern is what makes the Joss & Main Armaud metal open-frame bed stand out from the rest. Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 1 Aug. 2025 The library was designed with a double-barreled roof that is supported by a row of thin iron columns, with lattice metalwork framing the ceiling. Kaela Ling, CNBC, 31 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for metalwork

Word History

First Known Use

1552, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of metalwork was in 1552

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“Metalwork.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/metalwork. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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metalwork

noun
met·​al·​work ˈmet-ᵊl-ˌwərk How to pronounce metalwork (audio)
: the product of metalworking
metalworker noun

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