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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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 Sitting on the banks of the Oder River, socialist planners built the town around a huge steelworks. Jack Guy, CNN Money, 29 May 2025 Other Brits working in burgeoning mining, steelworks and shipbuilding industries helped form the earliest teams in the city. Dermot Corrigan, New York Times, 19 May 2025 With steelworks out of operation, for example, those plants are not generating valuable byproducts, such as the neon gas used in semiconductor production. G. John Ikenberry, Foreign Affairs, 12 Mar. 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 21 Sep. 2025.

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