Definition
smelteries
noun
- plural of smeltery; industrial facilities where metal ores are melted and refined to extract pure metals
Usage: industrial; metallurgy
Examples
- The copper smelteries in the region employed hundreds of workers.
- Environmental regulations forced several old smelteries to upgrade their equipment.
- The town's economy depended heavily on the iron smelteries along the river.
- Modern smelteries use advanced technology to reduce pollution.
- The zinc smelteries processed ore from nearby mines.
- Workers at the smelteries wore protective gear due to high temperatures.