Definition of Ironworks

1. Noun. The workplace where iron is smelted or where iron goods are made.

Generic synonyms: Work, Workplace
Language type: Plural, Plural Form

Definition of Ironworks

1. Noun. A factory in which iron is manufactured or iron goods are made ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Ironworks

1. ironwork [n] - See also: ironwork

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ironworks

ironstone
ironstones
ironware
ironwares
ironweed
ironweeds
ironwoman
ironwomen
ironwood
ironwood tree
ironwoods
ironwork
ironworker
ironworkers
ironworking
ironworks (current term)
ironwort
irony
irony mark
irony marks
iroquois
irori
irous
irradiance
irradiances
irradiancies
irradiancy
irradiant
irradiate
irradiated

Literary usage of Ironworks

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Journal by Iron and Steel Institute (1901)
"ironworks in Siberia.—Iron ore is widely scattered in Siberia, but the deposits are not well surveyed, and only six or seven are worked to supply the five ..."

2. The Weekly Reporter by Great Britain Parliament. House of Lords, Great Britain Privy Council (1905)
"GEORGE'S ironworks (LD.). COURT OF APPEAL. From Chan. Div. .... Liberty was given to the St. George's ironworks Co. to appeal. The St. George's ironworks ..."

3. Introduction to a History of Ironmaking and Coal Mining in Pennsylvania by James Moore Swank (1878)
"The "Hanover ironworks" were regarded in their day as an extensive enterprise. They were abandoned, with many other iron enterprises in the State, ..."

4. Gairloch in North-west Ross-shire: Its Records, Traditions, Inhabitants, and by John Henry Dixon (1886)
"ANCIENT GAIRLOCH ironworks. MANY visitors to Gairloch, and not a few of the inhabitants, will learn with astonishment that the manufacture of iron was ..."

5. The Industries of Scotland: Their Rise, Progress, and Present Condition by David Bremner (1869)
"... measures was known many years previously, no attempt was made to turn it t' > account until the year 1760, when the Carrón ironworks were established. ..."

6. The Diplomatic Relations of England with the Quadruple Alliance, 1815-1830 by Louis Calvert, Myrna M. Boyce, Paul Padgette (1918)
"... Should Stimulate not Overfeed or Starve the Imagination—The ironworks in Galsworthy's Strife, " Real " and Suggested—Gran- ville Barker's Setting for ..."

7. Sussex Archaeological Collections Relating to the History and Antiquities of by Sussex Archaeological Society (1882)
"THE SUSSEX ironworks. ... THERE is a valuable paper by the late Mr. MA Lower, on the subject of the Sussex ironworks in Vol. II. of the SAC, ..."

8. Journal by Iron and Steel Institute (1901)
"ironworks in Siberia.—Iron ore is widely scattered in Siberia, but the deposits are not well surveyed, and only six or seven are worked to supply the five ..."

9. The Weekly Reporter by Great Britain Parliament. House of Lords, Great Britain Privy Council (1905)
"GEORGE'S ironworks (LD.). COURT OF APPEAL. From Chan. Div. .... Liberty was given to the St. George's ironworks Co. to appeal. The St. George's ironworks ..."

10. Introduction to a History of Ironmaking and Coal Mining in Pennsylvania by James Moore Swank (1878)
"The "Hanover ironworks" were regarded in their day as an extensive enterprise. They were abandoned, with many other iron enterprises in the State, ..."

11. Gairloch in North-west Ross-shire: Its Records, Traditions, Inhabitants, and by John Henry Dixon (1886)
"ANCIENT GAIRLOCH ironworks. MANY visitors to Gairloch, and not a few of the inhabitants, will learn with astonishment that the manufacture of iron was ..."

12. The Industries of Scotland: Their Rise, Progress, and Present Condition by David Bremner (1869)
"... measures was known many years previously, no attempt was made to turn it t' > account until the year 1760, when the Carrón ironworks were established. ..."

13. The Diplomatic Relations of England with the Quadruple Alliance, 1815-1830 by Louis Calvert, Myrna M. Boyce, Paul Padgette (1918)
"... Should Stimulate not Overfeed or Starve the Imagination—The ironworks in Galsworthy's Strife, " Real " and Suggested—Gran- ville Barker's Setting for ..."

14. Sussex Archaeological Collections Relating to the History and Antiquities of by Sussex Archaeological Society (1882)
"THE SUSSEX ironworks. ... THERE is a valuable paper by the late Mr. MA Lower, on the subject of the Sussex ironworks in Vol. II. of the SAC, ..."

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