foundry

noun found·ry \ ˈfau̇n-drē \

Updated on: 11 Sep 2017

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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Robert Scheer/IndyStar If guests at Indianapolis’ newest boutique hotel, Ironworks Hotel Indy, mistake it for an old foundry, their confusion will be understandable.

— shari rudavsky, Indianapolis Star, "Take a look inside Ironworks, Indy's newest boutique hotel — across from Keystone boutiques," 29 Aug. 2017
Some northern foundries had made armaments during the Civil War and were now searching for a new line.

— marc fisher, Washington Post, "Why those Confederate soldier statues look a lot like their Union counterparts," 18 Aug. 2017
Surely the city can find a foundry to melt Roger and turn him into coins honoring two other Marylanders, abolitionists Frederick Douglass and Harriet Tubman.

— dan rodricks, baltimoresun.com, "Confederate action plan for Pugh: Melt Taney, move Jackson-Lee, honor Tubman," 14 Aug. 2017
Perhaps most importantly, its connectivity to points westward toward Texas gave rise, starting in the 1850s, to Algiers' railyards and heavy industry in foundries and locomotive-building.

— richard campanella, NOLA.com, "How Algiers grudgingly became part of New Orleans," 8 Aug. 2017
And Germany is also joining the competition, with its own plans to open two battery foundries.

— john patrick pullen, Fortune, "New Drone Footage From Over Tesla’s Massive Gigafactory," 7 Aug. 2017
In May, Samsung officially created a new business unit for its growing foundry operations.

— ron amadeo, Ars Technica, "Samsung Foundries plans to triple market share in the next five years," 24 July 2017
The Robinsons opened a foundry in 1946, then formed the Iron company in 1974.

— william thornton, AL.com, "Robinson Iron has worldwide reputation - cast in iron," 20 July 2017
The first bells produced by Revere’s foundry were met with mixed reviews.

— meilan solly, Smithsonian, "Why Religious Freedom and Diversity Flourished in Early America," 15 July 2017

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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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Definition of foundry for English Language Learners

: 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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