Home › Words › M › metallifacturemetallifacturemetallifacture means the production and manufacture of metals.EtymologyFrom metal or Latin metallum (“metal”) + -i- + -facture.nounThe production and manufacture of metals.e.g.“Given the necessary raw materials, capital, and skilled labour, nothing is easier than to turn trees into chairs, and ore into the finest products of metallifacture.” — 1887, Robert Dennis, “Depression and Its Causes” (chapter I), in Industrial Ireland: A Practical and Non-Political View of “Ireland for the Irish.”, London: John Murray, page 3:A manufactured article of metal.e.g.“Under the head of Metallifactures, we include the manufacture of hardware, brassware and jewelry: reserving, however, that of watches, for the following section.” — 1841, Roswell Park, “Chreotechnics” (chapter XIV), in Pantology: Or, A Systematic Survey of Human Knowledge […], Philadelphia: Hogan & Thompson, page 478:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.metallurgic 66% match — Related to metallurgy. vs metallifacture →steelmaking 64% match — The manufacture of steel. vs metallifacture →vitrifacture 64% match — The manufacture of glass and glassware. vs metallifacture →manufactory 63% match — A manufacturing process; a particular industry or part of an industry. vs metallifacture →manufacturage 63% match — manufacture vs metallifacture →metallurgist 62% match — A person who works in metal (the type of material). vs metallifacture →metalformer 62% match — A company that carries out metalforming. vs metallifacture →metalforming 61% match — The industrial process of creating metal objects through stamping, spinning, fabrication, etc. vs metallifacture →