steelwork

noun

steel·​work ˈstēl-ˌwərk How to pronounce steelwork (audio)
1
: work in steel
2
steelworks plural in form but singular or plural in construction : an establishment where steel is made

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But before achieving stardom, Hopkins grew up in Port Talbot—a small Welsh steelworks town—amid war and depression. Brent Lang, Variety, 30 Sep. 2025 Inside Thyssenkrupp’s green hydrogen steel plant In Duisburg, Germany, a decades-old steelworks is getting a green overhaul. Srishti Gupta, Interesting Engineering, 21 Sep. 2025 Last month, its third-largest steelworks collapsed into government control. Christian Edwards, CNN Money, 18 Sep. 2025 Soaring glass panels and steelwork recall the architecture of the nearby Grand Palais, but with a modern touch. Erica Wertheim Zohar, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for steelwork

Word History

First Known Use

1681, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of steelwork was in 1681

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“Steelwork.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/steelwork. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.

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