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Metalwork

Definitions: Metalwork

Metalwork

Noun

1. The metal parts of something; "there were bullet holes in the metalwork".

2. The activity of making things out of metal in a skillful manner.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "metalwork" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1895. (references)


Synonym: Metalwork

Synonym: metalworking (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Metalwork

Specialty definitions using "metalwork": DRY-WALL APPLICATOR, dry-wall installations mechanic, dry-wall installerfountain dispenser, FOUNTAIN SERVERgypsum dry-wall systems installerice cream dispensersoda clerk, soda dispenser, SUPERVISOR, GRINDING AND SPRAYINGTEMPLATE MAKER, EXTRUSION DIEYARD INSPECTOR. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Metalwork

DomainTitle

Books

  • Ancient Iranian Metalwork in the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery (reference)

  • Domestic Metalwork 1640-1820 (reference)

  • Jewelry and Metalwork in the Arts and Crafts Tradition (reference)

  • Metalwork (reference)

  • Metalwork and Enamelling (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Metalwork

Photos:
Metalwork

More pictures...

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Photo Album: Metalwork

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Saints Simon and Jude Church, Bethlehem, Pa. Metalwork decorations for door. Credit: Library of Congress.

Marble and monel metalwork tabernacle with pelican feeding young, tabernacle plan. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Usage Frequency: Metalwork

"Metalwork" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 98.53% of the time. "Metalwork" is used about 136 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)98.53%13427,488
Noun (proper)1.47%2245,945
                    Total100.00%136N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Metalwork

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

metalwork

39

architectural metalwork

9

sheet metalwork

8

metalwork shopfitting

4

forged hand metalwork

3

medieval metalwork

3

forged interior metalwork

3

building metalwork

3

exterior forged metalwork

2

jewelry metalwork

2

architechural metalwork

2

machine metalwork

2

metalwork project

2

badge merit metalwork

2

architectural metalwork uk

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Metalwork

Language Translations for "metalwork"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Bulgarian 

  

метални изделия. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

kunstsmederij (art metalwork), Bureau Metaal (Metalwork Section). (various references)

   

French

  

Bureau du Travail du Métal (Metalwork Section), arts du metal (art metalwork). (various references)

   

German

  

metallteile. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

μεταλλουργία (metallurgy, smithing). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

金工 (goldsmith, metalsmith). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

き""う (balance, equilibrium, gold mine, goldsmith, metalsmith, outskirts, suburbs). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

etalworkmay

   

Russian 

  

мех)металлообработка (metal-work, metalworking). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

prerada metala (metalworking). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

metalistería. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

metallarbete. (various references)

   

Thai

  

การทำเครื่องใช้โลหะ. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

metal işi, madeni eşyalar. (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

металообробка. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Metalwork

Derivations

Words beginning with "metalwork": metalworker, metalworkers, metalworking, metalworkings, metalworks. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Metalwork" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Metaflow, metalworks. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Metalwork"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "metalwork" (pronounced me"tulwer'k)
5-u l w er' kneedlework.
4-l w er' kschoolwork.
3-w er' kartwork, beadwork, brushwork, casework, clockwork, earthwork, fieldwork, firework, footwork, framework, groundwork, guesswork, handiwork, homework, housework, latticework, leadwork, legwork, masterwork, network, openwork, paperwork, patchwork, piecework, plasterwork, roadwork, spadework, teamwork, woodwork.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Metalwork

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-e-k-l-m-o-r-t-w"

-1 letter: teamwork, workmate.

-3 letters: armlet, market, merlot, molter, morale, mortal, talker, tramel, trowel, walker, womera.

-4 letters: alert, alter, amole, amort, armet, artel, awoke, ketol, korat, laker, lamer, later, latke, lower, maker, mater, metal, metro, molar, morae, moral, morel, motel, mower, oater, orate, owlet, ramet, ratel, realm, rowel, taker, taler, tamer, tarok, tawer, toker, tolar.

 Words containing the letters "a-e-k-l-m-o-r-t-w"
 

+1 letter: metalworks.

 

+2 letters: metalworker.

 

+3 letters: metalworkers, metalworking.

 

+4 letters: metalworkings.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Metalwork


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4D 65 74 61 6C 77 6F 72 6B

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

--    .    -    .-    .-..    .--.    ---    .-.    -.-

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001101 01100101 01110100 01100001 01101100 01110111 01101111 01110010 01101011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#77 &#101 &#116 &#97 &#108 &#119 &#111 &#114 &#107

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004D 0065 0074 0061 006C 0077 006F 0072 006B

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

477186677889818477

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Images: Slideshow
6. Images: Photo Album
7. Usage Frequency
8. Expressions: Internet
9. Translations: Modern
10. Derivations
11. Rhymes
12. Anagrams
13. Orthography
14. Bibliography


  

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Nederlands, Hollands, holandez, ‏هولندي, ‏اللغة الهولندية, холандски, немски език, холандски език, холандците, немски, Olandes, 菏蘭語 , 荷兰语, holandský, nizozemský, hollandsk, hollendskt, hollantilainen, néerlandais, Nederlânsk, holländisch, ολλανδικόσ, ολλανδόσ, holandisht, "ול "י, holland, hollenskur, Ollainnis, olandese, 네덜란", Belanda, Ollanish, Germaanish, Tatimana, nederlandsk, ulandes, hulandes, holandês, neerlandés, olandez, nemţesc, limba olandezã, german, голландский, holanđanin, u škripcu, holandski, holandés, bakratongo, holländsk, ชาวเนเธอร์แลน"์, เกี่ยวกับเนเธอร์แลน"์, รรยา, alman, eş, flemenkçe, holandaca, hollanda, karı, hollandalı, hollandalılara özgü olan, Hollandali, hollanda'ya ait, голландська мова, голландський, ngôn ngữ khó hiểu, "b xã", for Dutch;
Franse taal, Frans, franceze, francez, frëngjisht, frëng, frëngjishte, ‏فرنسي, ‏اللغة الفرنسية, ‏الشعب الفرنسي, gall, френски език, френски, Pranses, 法國 , 法文 , 法語 , 法语, francouzština, francouzský, franskur, franskt, ranskalainen, français, Frânsk, französisch, γάλλοσ, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, צרפתי, צרפתית, francia, Fraincis, francese, フレコン化 , フランス" , 仏文 , 仏 , ふつぶ", フレンチ , フランセ , ふつ, "랑스, Perancis, Ny Frangee, Mooinjey ny Frank, frances, franses, francês, francezii, francezã, franţuzesc, franţuzeşte, французский, Falani, francuski jezik, francuski, francuzi, francés, sí-Fulentji, fransk, franska, fransızca, Fransiz, fransızca ile ilgili, fransız, fransa ile ilgili, французька мова, французький, Ffrengig, isiFulentshi, for French;
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Russies, Rus, ‏الروسية, ‏روسي, ‏اللغة الروسية, Rusu, руски, руски език, руснак, Rusyan, 俄語 , 俄语, 俄文 , ruština, ruský, russer, russur, russiskt, venäläinen, Russysk, Russe, russisch, Ρώσος, רוסי, orosz, rússneskur, Rússi, Rúisis, russo, ロシア語 , ロシア", 러시아, Rooshish, Rooshagh, russisk, Rosjanin, русский, Lusia, ruski jezik, ruski, ruso, sí-Rashîya, ryss, ชาวรัสเซีย, rusça, росіянка, росіянин, російська мова, російський, người Nga tiếng Nga, for Russian;
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Sweeds, suedez, ‏اللغة السويدية, Suecu, шведски език, шведски, швед, Swedis, 瑞典語 , 瑞典语, švédský, švédština, Zweeds, svenskt, ruotsalainen, suédois, Sweedsk, schwedisch, σουηδικόσ, σουηδικά, svéd, sænskur, Sualainnis, svedese, スウェーデン語 , スウェーデン", 스웨덴, Soolynish, Soolynagh, suèc, шведский, švedski jezik, švedski, sueco, svensk, เกี่ยวกับคน าษาและวั'นธรรมของประเทศสวีเ"น, isveççe, isveç dili, isveç, Ísveçlí, шведська мова, шведський, người Thuỵ điển tiếng Thuỵ điển, for Swedish;
Tailandes, 泰國 , 泰文 , 泰国, 泰 , thailænder, Thailander, Thai, Thais, thailendskt, thaimaalainen, Thaïlandais, thailändisch, Thailänder, Ταϊλανδός· Ταϊλανδέζος, tailandese, 泰語 , たい", 타이 말, tailandês, tailandés, thailändare, ที่เกี่ยวกับประเทศไทย, าษาไทย, เกี่ยวกับคนไทย, คนไทย, Taylandlı, Tayland Dili, Tayland, Tai Dili, Та"ць, Тайська Мова, Тайський, for Thai;
Turks, turk, ‏تركي أحد أبناء تركيا, ‏اللغة التركية, Turcu, турски, турски език, Turko, 土耳其, 土耳其語 , tureètina, turecký, turkist, turkkilainen, turque, turc, Turksk, türkisch, τούρκικοσ, טורקי, török, Yn Turkish, Turkagh, turcesc, турецкий, turski jezik, turski, turco, turkisk, türk, türkçe, турецька мова, турецький, tiếng Thổ nhĩ kỳ, for Turkish;
乌克兰, for Ukranian;