foundry
noun
Simple meaning
The act, process, or art of casting metals.
Pronunciation
Say it like this:
fowndreeSay the bold part a little louder.
IPA pronunciation (US)
ˈfaʊndɹi
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
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Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
noun
A facility that melts metals in special furnaces and pours the molten metal into molds to make products. Foundries are usually specified according to the type of metal dealt with: iron foundry, brass foundry, etc.
The act, process, or art of casting metals; founding.
A plant that produces chips out of semiconductors in the microelectronics industry.
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
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This meaning: The act, process, or art of casting metals; founding.
Used this way, foundry is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It usually sounds natural in a wide range of settings.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- Matter-of-fact
- Usage feel
- Neutral and straightforward
Word Aura describes common impressions, not a measurement. Tone changes with sentence, speaker, relationship and situation.
More ways to use foundry
- “The old metal foundry shut down last year, leaving many without jobs.”noun
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