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

To make them, de Betak had a French foundry recast each part down to the smallest screw by hand, a process that sometimes required more than 20 molds. — Ingrid Abramovitch, Architectural Digest, 4 Nov. 2026

Berman grew up in rural Wisconsin, with a father who ran a roofing business and a mother who worked in a foundry. — Angela Haupt, Time, 4 Nov. 2026

Akio Kon | Bloomberg | Getty Images As Intel comes off its steepest stock drop since the 1970s due to a worsening outlook for the PC market, the chipmaker is facing intensifying pressure to get its flailing foundry business off the ground. — Katie Tarasov, CNBC, 2 Nov. 2026

But Southeast Asian governments aren’t satisfied with just housing a chip foundry or a packaging facility. — Sam Beltran, Fortune, 29 Oct. 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