foundry

noun found·ry \ ˈfau̇n-drē \

Updated on: 13 Apr 2018

Definition of foundry

plural foundries

1 : an establishment where founding is carried on

2 : the act, process, or art of casting metals

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Sylvia Simmons was the daughter of Floyd Simmons, a Koppers Co. foundry worker, and his wife Vivian, a homemaker.

— jacques kelly, baltimoresun.com, "Subhanallah Brown Ali, retired Enoch Pratt librarian and storyteller, dies," 30 Mar. 2018
The city's fifth historical marker will be metal with gold lettering and be made at a foundry in Ohio.

— jane ford-stewart, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "A chance to wow friends coming, courtesy of Greenfield Historical Society," 30 Jan. 2018
First conceived three years ago, his 10-ton mass was assembled with the help of a Northern California foundry, a Minnesota design studio and a 3D printer.

— lori weisberg, sandiegouniontribune.com, "Rex the lion returns to SD Zoo — in bronze," 25 Mar. 2018
The town, a once-thriving industrial center founded in 1816 and later settled by Welsh pioneers, had already lost so many jobs: The pig-iron foundries went bust in the 1960s, one after its furnace exploded.

— nicholas nehamas, miamiherald, "Three dirty Miami gold traders ‘chewed up and spit out’ hundreds of Ohio factory workers," 16 Jan. 2018
Two hundred and fifty guests explored a new permanent exhibition highlighting the Old Mint’s history as a foundry, fortress and public bank.

— catherine bigelow, San Francisco Chronicle, "George Shultz honored with Old Mint gala, ‘Hamilton’ songs," 12 Jan. 2018
Last month, Fox Hills and Coastkeeper agreed to a settlement in which Fox Hills would no longer discharge from a portion of its foundry.

— bradley zint, latimes.com, "Huntington Beach foundry settles environmental lawsuit filed by local group," 2 Mar. 2018
To obtain appropriate plasmids the foundry’s customers may simply order parts from the library.

— The Economist, "The gene machineRobotic labs for high-speed genetic research are on the rise," 1 Mar. 2018
For example, the researchers were able to figure out that the foundry of Émile Robecchi in Paris produced five of Picasso’s World War II-era bronzes that lacked an identifying stamp.

— kenneth chang, New York Times, "In Picasso’s Blue Period, Scanners Find Secrets He Painted Over," 20 Feb. 2018

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Origin and Etymology of foundry

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

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foundry

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: a building or factory where metals are produced

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foundry

noun found·ry \ ˈfau̇n-drē \

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plural foundries

: a building or factory where metal goods are made

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