Foundry

Definitions

1. 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.
   countable, uncountable
2. The act, process, or art of casting metals; founding.
   countable, uncountable
3. A plant that produces chips out of semiconductors in the microelectronics industry.
   countable, uncountable

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Examples

“So after learning a great deal⟳ about iron⟳ founding and much more about pike fishing, one regretfully took leave⟳ of a shop⟳ full of kindly characters and proceeded to a worse lot of odours in the brass foundry. […] So after a short spell⟳ in the brass foundry the wisest course was to follow⟳ with a similar period in the steel foundry, where much important work⟳ was done, including the manufacture⟳ of centres for wheels.”

“Chang gained trust⟳ by allaying fears that TSMC would steal⟳ designs, as pure-play foundries have⟳ no use⟳ of them; TSMC stealing from chip designers would be like⟳ a printing press⟳ stealing plots from novelists.”

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