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    STEELWORKS

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A factory where steel is madeplay

    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)

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