steelwork
noun
steel·work
ˈstēl-ˌwərk 
1
: work in steel
2
steelworks plural in form but singular or plural in construction
: an establishment where steel is made
Examples of steelwork in a Sentence
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And in that, the steelworks company behind them boasts, these decoy weapons are remarkably successful: hundreds have been targeted by Russian forces almost as soon as they were deployed.
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Melissa Bell, CNN, 11 Sep. 2023
The sprawling steelworks was the last bastion of resistance as Russian forces took control of the port city of Mariupol.
—Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 9 July 2023
But his semi-retired father, Dave, recalls halcyon days when football was the Saturday afternoon pastime for workers in the coal mining and steelworks industries.
—Stephen Humphries, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Apr. 2023
But the interiors are contemporary with exposed steelwork and timber floors.
—Ruth Bloomfield, WSJ, 30 Dec. 2021
Ultimately, though, her writing has been an art not so much of lies but of steelwork: turning the hard metal of autobiography into something molten, a substance that sparks and hisses and flows.
—The New Yorker, 8 Nov. 2021
The physical and ecological wages of steelwork had significant ramifications for their wives and families.
—Scott W. Stern, The New Republic, 31 Mar. 2021
Rebuilding all the steelworks; refashioning the cement works; recycling or replacing the plastics; transforming farms on all continents.
—The Economist, 21 Sep. 2019
The area, home to Poland’s largest concentration of heavy industries from steelworks to carmakers, is the country’s second-richest behind only the capital, Warsaw.
—Bloomberg.com, 2 May 2020
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Melissa Bell, CNN, 11 Sep. 2023
The sprawling steelworks was the last bastion of resistance as Russian forces took control of the port city of Mariupol.
—Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 9 July 2023
But his semi-retired father, Dave, recalls halcyon days when football was the Saturday afternoon pastime for workers in the coal mining and steelworks industries.
—Stephen Humphries, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Apr. 2023
But the interiors are contemporary with exposed steelwork and timber floors.
—Ruth Bloomfield, WSJ, 30 Dec. 2021
Ultimately, though, her writing has been an art not so much of lies but of steelwork: turning the hard metal of autobiography into something molten, a substance that sparks and hisses and flows.
—The New Yorker, 8 Nov. 2021
The physical and ecological wages of steelwork had significant ramifications for their wives and families.
—Scott W. Stern, The New Republic, 31 Mar. 2021
Rebuilding all the steelworks; refashioning the cement works; recycling or replacing the plastics; transforming farms on all continents.
—The Economist, 21 Sep. 2019
The area, home to Poland’s largest concentration of heavy industries from steelworks to carmakers, is the country’s second-richest behind only the capital, Warsaw.
—Bloomberg.com, 2 May 2020
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Word History
First Known Use
1681, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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“Steelwork.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/steelwork. Accessed 3 Oct. 2023.
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