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Meaning of ironfounding | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

The activity of founding iron in an iron foundry.

uncountable

Examples

“The directors of the Great Northern Railway selected Doncaster as the site for the company's locomotive, carriage and wagon works in 1851, because of its proximity to extensive coalfields and ironfounding centres.”

CEFR level

C1

Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

See also

Irongray ironhandedness ironhead Ironia Ironic ironic error