1. people who work with iron, especially those who construct steel frameworks for buildings and bridges

Examples

• The ironworkers carefully positioned the steel beams on the twentieth floor.
• Local ironworkers went on strike for better safety conditions.
• She joined the ironworkers’ union after completing her apprenticeship.
• The bridge construction required skilled ironworkers to assemble the framework.
• Ironworkers must have excellent balance and no fear of heights.
• The ironworkers finished installing the building’s steel structure ahead of schedule.