foundry

UK: /ˈfaʊndri/ US: /ˈfaʊndri/ ,(foun′drē)

Inflections of 'foundry' (n): npl: foundries

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

found•ry /ˈfaʊndri/   n. [countable] , pl. -ries. 

1. Printing
   • an establishment for casting metal.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

found•ry  (foun′drē), n., pl. -ries. 

1. Metallurgy an establishment for producing castings in molten metal.
2. Metallurgy the act or process of founding or casting metal.
3. Metallurgy the category of metal objects made by founding;
   castings.

• French fonderie. See found³, -ery
• 1595–1605

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foundry / ˈfaʊndrɪ/ noun ( -ries)

1. a place in which metal castings are produced

Etymology: 17th Century: from Old French fonderie, from fondre; see found³