steelworks

«steelworks» in Mova's school dictionary: a factory where steel is made from iron and other… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (a steelworks — same form for singular and plural)

meaning for a pupil

A steelworks is a factory where steel is made from iron and other materials, using huge furnaces. tree →

sense in the lessons

In history and geography lessons, steelworks were very important in industrial towns, such as Sheffield and Port Talbot in the UK, Pittsburgh in the USA, and Newcastle and Wollongong in Australia; their closing often caused job losses and redundancy. In science, steel is made by removing carbon and other impurities from iron. Phrases: "work at the steelworks", "the old steelworks", "a steelworks closure".

examples

• My grandad worked at the steelworks for forty years. tree →
• The steelworks glowed orange at night. tree →
• The town was sad when the steelworks closed. tree →
• In science we learned how a steelworks turns iron into steel. tree →
• There are two steelworks near the coast. tree →
• The old steelworks is now a museum. tree →

note

Same form for one and many: "a steelworks", "two steelworks"; it can take a singular or plural verb ("the steelworks is/are closing"). Similar words: ironworks, gasworks. A person who works there is a steelworker.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «steelworks» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.