What is another word for metalworkers?

Pronunciation: [mˈɛtə͡lwˌɜːkəz] (IPA)

Metalworkers are skilled craftspeople who work with various types of metals. They are involved in shaping, cutting and joining metals to create different products. Some synonyms for metalworkers are blacksmiths, welders, machinists, fabricators, metal technicians, metal smiths and metal machinists. Blacksmiths are traditional metalworkers who forge metals by heating and hammering them into shape. Welders join two pieces of metal together by melting and fusing them. Machinists use machine tools to shape metal parts, while fabricators create products by cutting, bending, and assembling metal parts. Metal technicians are experts in the manufacturing and testing of metal products, while metal smiths create decorative metalwork such as jewelry and ornamental objects.

What are the hypernyms for Metalworkers?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Usage examples for Metalworkers

Then all along the waterside came the noise of hammering; in the street where the metalworkers were came the noise of beating upon metals as the smiths fashioned out of bronze armor for the heroes and swords and spears.
"The Golden Fleece and the Heroes who Lived Before Achilles"
Padraic Colum
She was still a little tense, however, feeling uneasy at being so small among these rough metalworkers.
"L'Assommoir"
Emile Zola
Of these perhaps the most beautiful are the Ardagh Chalice, the Cross of Cong, and the Shrine of St. Patrick's Bell, though great numbers of other sacred ornaments, such as the Shrine of St. Lactan's Arm and the numerous bell shrines, are also fine examples of the work of an unsurpassed school of metalworkers.
"The Glories of Ireland"
Edited by Joseph Dunn and P.J. Lennox

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