metalcraft

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noun

Metalworking.

OriginOld English cræft ← Proto-West Germanic *kraftu ← Proto-Germanic *kraftuz →
UncommonScrabble 17
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Meanings

nounmetalcraft (countable and uncountable, plural metalcrafts)

plural metalcrafts

  1. countableuncountableMetalworking.

    Samuel Storch, 55, lived in Miami and commuted by air to New York to operate two metalcraft factories with other members of his family.

    1947 June 1, “24 FROM THIS AREA IN MARYLAND DEAD; Union City Woman Was Flying to Funeral -- North Bergen Couple on First Air Trip”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 25 Dec 2025
  2. countableuncountableCollectively, items crafted from metal.

Origin

  1. Latinmetallum
  2. Old Frenchmeta
  3. Middle Englishmetal
  4. Englishmetal
  5. Proto-Germanic*krafjaną
  6. Proto-Germanic*kraftuz
  7. Proto-West Germanic*kraftu
  8. Old Englishcræft
  9. Englishmetalcraft

From metal + -craft.

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APA

metalcraft. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/metalcraft

MLA

“metalcraft.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/metalcraft. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “metalcraft,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/metalcraft.

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