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UK
/mˈɛtəlwˌɜːk/
]
[ US /ˈmɛtəɫˌwɝk/ ]
[ US /ˈmɛtəɫˌwɝk/ ]
NOUN
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the metal parts of something
there were bullet holes in the metalwork - the activity of making things out of metal in a skillful manner
How To Use metalwork In A Sentence
- Unemployment rates for railroad conductors, logging workers and metalworkers fell sharply — seven percentage points or more — in 2010 while jobless rates among construction laborers and roofers rose, according to new data from the Labor Department. Manufacturing, Logistics See Job Gains
- It was part of an enormous collection of metalwork, glass, ceramics and miniatures belonging to Ralph Bernal, a lawyer and MP.
- Jewelry, particularly in gold and silver, is popular, as is other metalwork, such as brass and copper plates and bowls.
- Several new varieties of metalwork also were added to the old, especially the aquamanile, i.e., a vessel in the form of an animal, used for washing the hands, and the metal structures placed upon the altar; other articles assumed new forms. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman
- Foster trained as a silversmith and has an established reputation both as a designer and metalworker.
- The school offers a program for students who are skilled in metalwork.
- In its speech, the metalworkers 'union demanded a transition to renewable energy and renewable energy jobs. Tina Gerhardt: Germany's Burgeoning Anti-Nuclear Movement Promises to Derail Merkel's Energy Policy
- His imaginative brilliance is most apparent in his inventive and often witty designs for furniture and metalwork.
- The new centre offers courses in typing, computer and leatherwork skills for girls, and carpentry, metalwork and construction skills for boys.
- The exhibition provides endless proof of refinements of beauty in textiles and architecture, woodwork and metalwork, ceramics and miniature painting.