ironwork Definition
iron·work (-wʉrk′)
noun
articles or parts made of iron
ironwork Usage Examples
Converse of object
- forge: The bells are secured to their headstocks with conventional forged ironwork which loops around the canons.
- use: One of the most striking features of the building is the ironwork used on the fences.
- design: Lucy continues to expand the gallery, as well as lecturing and writing on the subject and designing ironwork for individual clients.
- have: Chancel roofline is lower than the nave and has decorative ironwork along the ridge.
- make: In the Walled Garden itself you can see new resident Blacksmith hard at work making decorative ironwork in his working forge.
- support: Note the copper strips which are soldered to the lead cames, and which are used to secure the lead to the supporting ironwork.
Preposition: in
area: By the 16th Century there were many ironworks in the area.
Adjective modifier
- wrought: Outside there's also seating under the covered arcade, from where you can admire the market's wrought ironwork.
- decorative: The Industrial Gallery, built of decorative ironwork, was the major exhibition area of the original 1885 building.
- ornate: The ornate ironwork of the sanctuary screen was formed out of yet more scrap.
- ornamental: Among them was John WHITE, who set up his own business making hand wrought ornamental ironwork in 1922.
- architectural: A conservator will be able to carry out cleaning and give you advice on surface cleaning for architectural ironwork of all kinds.
- Victorian: In 1967 this masterpiece of Victorian ironwork fell victim to fashionable prejudice and, despite a national outcry, was dismantled.
Modifies a noun
- railing: Every detail has been considered including the entrance walls and ironwork feature railings, traditional Victorian street lights and even traditional pattern kerbstones.
- balcony: It overlooks one of the best hotel courtyards in Paris; terracotta walls, ironwork balconies, lots of greenery and classical statues.
- theft: Ironwork theft is usually only apparent to Highways Inspectors.
- gallery: The screen will be redisplayed in the summer of 2001 in the Ironwork gallery.
Noun used with modifier
Browse dictionary entries near ironwork
- ‹ ironwood
- ‹ ironweed
- ‹ ironware
- ‹ ironstone
- ‹ ironsmith
- ‹ Ironsides
- ‹ irons
- ‹ ironmonger
- ‹ ironmaster
- ‹ ironman
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