Metallifacture
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Metallifacture is a noun meaning (uncountable, rare) The production and manufacture of metals.
Meaning
(uncountable, rare) The production and manufacture of metals.
More Meanings
- (countable, rare) A manufactured article of metal.
Example Sentences
3. Manufactures. […] b. Furniture. (1.) General and Unclassified. H 6 (2.) Metallifactures. H 7
Under the head of Metallifactures, we include the manufacture of hardware, brassware and jewelry: reserving, however, that of watches, for the following section.
Given the necessary raw materials, capital, and skilled labour, nothing is easier than to turn trees into chairs, and ore into the finest products of metallifacture.
Eventually, of course, the West will absorb enormous quantities of locally-produced metallifactures; the war may easily hasten the establishment of some of these factories close to the point of production.
Word Forms
- metallifactures
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include metalcraft, metallothermy, medallurgy, siderurgy, metallogenesis, ironmaking.
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