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STEELWORKS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A factory where steel is made
Synonyms:
steel factory; steel mill; steel plant; steelworks
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("steelworks" is a kind of...):
factory; manufactory; manufacturing plant; mill (a plant consisting of one or more buildings with facilities for manufacturing)
Meronyms (parts of "steelworks"):
Bessemer converter (a refractory-lined furnace used to convert pig iron into steel by the Bessemer process)
blast furnace (a furnace for smelting of iron from iron oxide ores; combustion is intensified by a blast of air)
electric-arc furnace; Stassano furnace (an electric furnace in which an electric arc provides the source of heat for making steel)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "steelworks"):
rolling mill (steel mill where metal is rolled into sheets and bars)
