foundry

noun

found·​ry ˈfau̇n-drē 

plural foundries

1

: an establishment where founding is carried on

2

: the act, process, or art of casting metals

Examples of foundry in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Export controls have blocked Huawei and China’s leading chipmakers from access to extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography tools and leading-edge foundry capacity around which the frontier semiconductor roadmap is organized. — Mark Greeven, Forbes.com, 27 June 2026

Today, to serve applications that range from low-power mobile chips to high-clock-rate server CPUs, foundries offer versions of the same transistor that differ only in how much voltage is needed to turn them on or off. — IEEE Spectrum, 25 June 2026

Like it or not, the global economy has more or less become a foundry for data centers the way some people think hot dogs are just delivery systems for mustard. — Mark Gongloff, Mercury News, 24 June 2026

Jeff said the hire reinforces the Club’s bullish view on Intel’s turnaround and the long-term potential of its foundry business. — Alexa Lomonaco, CNBC, 22 June 2026

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from Middle French fondrie, fonderie, from fond-, base of fondre "to cast, found entry 5" + -rie, -erie -ery

First Known Use

1536, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

foundry

noun

found·​ry ˈfau̇n-drē 

plural foundries

: a building or factory where metals are cast