Metallurgy

Noun CEFR B2

məˈtæl.ə.d͡ʒi

Definitions

The science of metals; their extraction from ores, purification and alloying, heat treatment, and working.

uncountable, usually

Equivalents

Españolmetalurgia

Françaismétallurgie

DeutschHüttenkunde Hüttenwesen Metallurgiemontan

32 more languages

العربيةعلم المعادن

Bosanskimetalurgija металургија

Catalàmetal·lúrgia

Češtinahutnictví metalurgie

Cymraegmeteleg

Danskmetallurgi

Ελληνικάμεταλλουργία

Esperantometalurgio

Suomimetallioppi metallurgia

Gaeilgemiotaleolaíocht miotalóireacht

हिन्दीधातुकर्म

Hrvatskimetalurgija металургија

Magyarkohászat

Հայերենմետաղագործություն

Íslenskamálmvinnsla

Italianometallurgia

日本語(for the academic subject)冶金学冶金冶金学冶金術金属工学

Қазақ тіліметаллургия

Latviešumetalurģija

Монголметаллурги

Bahasa Melayumetalurgi

Nederlandsmetallurgie

Polskihutnictwo hutniczy metalurgia

Portuguêsmetalurgia

Românămetalurgie

Русскийметаллургия

Српскиmetalurgija металургија

Svenskametallurgi

Tagalogbalahakan

Türkçemetalürji

Українськаметалургія

Tiếng Việtluyện kim

Examples

“Fowler was also interested in metallurgy and the use ⟳ of new materials that could withstand ⟳ greater stresses, something he expounded on when giving his presidential address to the new Institution of Mechanical Engineers in 1927.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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See also

Metally metalmaking metalman metalmark metalmark moth metalmonger

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