METALWORKER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does metalworker mean? 

• METALWORKER (noun)
  The noun METALWORKER has 1 sense:

1. someone who works metal (especially by hammering it when it is hot and malleable)

  Familiarity information: METALWORKER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• METALWORKER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who works metal (especially by hammering it when it is hot and malleable)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

metalworker; smith

Hypernyms ("metalworker" is a kind of...):

skilled worker; skilled workman; trained worker (a worker who has acquired special skills)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "metalworker"):

blacksmith (a smith who forges and shapes iron with a hammer and anvil)

forger (someone who operates a forge)