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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

  • portculis: The range is finished in warm tones of a light and medium brown sheen and completed with wrought iron handles and portculis ironwork.
  • cast: Above this is a lantern support feature incorporating decorative cast ironwork.
  • century: The weather vane is a fine piece of 18th century ironwork.

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