foundry

noun

found·​ry ˈfau̇n-drē How to pronounce foundry (audio)
plural foundries
1
: an establishment where founding is carried on
2
: the act, process, or art of casting metals

Examples of foundry in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web While most life-sized pieces take around six weeks to complete, a backlog at the foundry means the new Robinson statue will be ready in six to eight months. Katie Langford, The Denver Post, 2 Feb. 2024 As a foundry, TSMC chiefly manufactures chips for other companies that design them, including billionaire Lisa Su’s AMD and billionaire Jensen Huang’s Nvidia. Catherine Wang, Forbes, 16 Feb. 2024 Over time the laboratories, or foundries, have gotten better at growing stones with minimal flaws. Isabella O'Malley, Quartz, 13 Feb. 2024 The foundry creates around 60 life-sized or bigger pieces per year in addition to hundreds of tabletop sculptures, Workman said. Katie Langford, The Denver Post, 2 Feb. 2024 The Black man who owned the foundry that ultimately melted down the statue described that work as an honor. Theresa Vargas, Washington Post, 28 Oct. 2023 But many of the most important engine parts are also built in-house, including camshafts and crankshafts that go straight from the foundry on site to CNC polishing machines running 24 hours a day, seven days a week with precision up to 1/10th of a millimeter. Michael Teo Van Runkle, Ars Technica, 11 Dec. 2023 From there, the artist grew them to fanciful size through a laborious process that involved having the clay figure recast in liquid plaster, meticulously contouring the new double, then sending it off to a foundry to be sealed in hulking bronze. Richard Barnes, New York Times, 22 Dec. 2023 The island will also house a new TSMC foundry, worth roughly around $6.7 billion, set to open late next year. Lionel Lim, Fortune, 5 Dec. 2023

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Word History

Etymology

borrowed from Middle French fondrie, fonderie, from fond-, base of fondre "to cast, found entry 5" + -rie, -erie -ery

First Known Use

1536, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of foundry was in 1536

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Cite this Entry

“Foundry.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/foundry. Accessed 29 Mar. 2024.

Kids Definition

foundry

noun
found·​ry ˈfau̇n-drē How to pronounce foundry (audio)
plural foundries
: a building or factory where metals are cast

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