Forging
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Forging is a verb meaning present participle and gerund of forge.
Meaning
present participle and gerund of forge.
More Meanings
- The process of shaping by heating and hammering.
- (countable) A component that is forged (shaped by heating and hammering).
Example Sentences
[…]one set of 16-inch steel gun forgings[…]
[…] repeated forgings and workings of wrought-iron […]
Fabrication has been the method used in the construction of many components that would normally be made from steel castings and forgings.
Word Forms
- forgings
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include smithy, mold, mould, hammer, spurt, form.
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