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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In 2016, the population voted overwhelmingly for Brexit; three years later, the steelworks was at risk of closure, in part because of trade uncertainties caused by the vote.
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Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2024
His father, a businessman, stepped in to rescue the team during the turbulent transition from communism to a market economy in the 1990s, when its main sponsor, the local steelworks, faced bankruptcy.
—Karel Janicek, USA TODAY, 15 Feb. 2024
The soldiers said it was used to transport munitions parts that were molded in the steelworks.
—Gal Koplewitz, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2024
The nets are nearly invisible from a distance, blending into the steelwork.
—John Branch Jim Wilson, New York Times, 5 Nov. 2023
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.
—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
Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2024
His father, a businessman, stepped in to rescue the team during the turbulent transition from communism to a market economy in the 1990s, when its main sponsor, the local steelworks, faced bankruptcy.
—Karel Janicek, USA TODAY, 15 Feb. 2024
The soldiers said it was used to transport munitions parts that were molded in the steelworks.
—Gal Koplewitz, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2024
The nets are nearly invisible from a distance, blending into the steelwork.
—John Branch Jim Wilson, New York Times, 5 Nov. 2023
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.
—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
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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 19 Apr. 2024.
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