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

In March, the foundry’s residential neighbors filed a class action suit against Northern Iron — Brittney Bruce v. Northern Iron — alleging their homes had been contaminated by soot laced with heavy metals from the foundry. —Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 18 July 2025

There’s a clear through-line from Heathers’s cynicism to Ryan Murphy’s Popular and Glee and the semiotic weirdness of Riverdale (which did a Heathers: The Musical episode), all works about how good old cruel high school is also the foundry producing most Americans’ identity. —Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 11 July 2025

The company employed more than 6,000 people in 1975, but worker strikes and a struggling economy hurt International Harvester, which closed the assembly plant in 1983 and the foundry a year later. —Leo Bertucci, The Courier-Journal, 2 July 2025

If the foundry sits buried beneath Intel’s bloated structure, the market will continue to misread its upside. —Jim Osman, Forbes.com, 21 June 2025

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