Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Articles, especially decorative objects, made of metal.
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- noun Objects made of metal.
- noun The act of shaping metal,
metalworking .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the metal parts of something
- noun the activity of making things out of metal in a skillful manner
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Examples
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The metalwork is in excellent condition, but it is a little stiff in the action.
One Trigger, Or Two? 2009
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The metalwork is in excellent condition, but it is a little stiff in the action.
One Trigger, Or Two? 2009
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I've purchased or personalized rifles that were too handsome to take afield, and I'll be the first to admit this doesn't make a great deal of sense from a pragmatic perspective, but one of the aspects of having a beautifully figured stock and excellent metalwork is pride of ownership.
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By the 18th century, more attractive and stately service were developed, and silversmiths were set at work to achieve higher standards of art in metalwork.
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The garden metalworkers are making decorative garden metalwork, which is all very fine, decorative metalwork that can stand weather is very good, and there were aliens and fierce steampunk dragonflies I almost wanted enough to try to talk markgritter into one even though the garden is his domain and like that.
mrissa: And I didn't even get to the--oh, wait, those are for surprises. mrissa 2010
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The garden metalworkers are making decorative garden metalwork, which is all very fine, decorative metalwork that can stand weather is very good, and there were aliens and fierce steampunk dragonflies I almost wanted enough to try to talk markgritter into one even though the garden is his domain and like that.
Barnstorming on an Invisible Segway markgritter 2010
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Sheep Gate many dealers in every kind of metalwork, gold, and precious stones.
The Life of the Blessed Virgin Mary 1774-1824 1954
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He gave his technological expertise to the school for 10 years ensuring pupils used machinery correctly and safely in lessons such as metalwork and woodwork.
icLiverpool 2010
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He gave his technological expertise to the school for 10 years, ensuring pupils used machinery correctly and safely in lessons such as metalwork and woodwork.
icLiverpool 2010
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From here, the exhibition focuses on Abbas's patronage of the arts, making use of video projections to give a sense of the volumes created by his architects for the religious buildings in Isfahan, and featuring examples of the kind of metalwork, textiles and other materials that would once have furnished them.
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