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Foundry vs Smeltery - What's the difference?

foundry | smeltery |

As nouns the difference between foundry and smeltery

is that foundry is a facility that melts metals in special furnaces and pours the molten metal into molds to make products foundries are usually specified according to the type of metal dealt with: iron foundry, brass foundry , etc while smeltery is a building or place for smelting.

foundry

English

Noun

(wikipedia foundry) (foundries)
  • A facility that melts metals in special furnaces and pours the molten metal into molds to make products. Foundries are usually specified according to the type of metal dealt with: iron foundry, brass foundry , etc.
  • The act, process, or art of casting metals; founding.

    • Related terms

    * type foundry

    smeltery

    English

    Noun

    (smelteries)
  • A building or place for smelting.
    • (Webster 1913)