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metallurgy

met·al·lur·gy

metallurgy

 
pronunciation:
me t luhr ji
features:
Word Combinations (noun), Word Parts
part of speech: noun
definition: the science or method of extracting metals from ore, of creating combinations of various metals, or of heating and working metal.
Word Combinations  About this feature
adjective + (n.)metallurgy advanced, ceramic, ferrous, forensic, mechanical, nonferrous, nuclear, physical, sophisticated
verb + (n.)metallurgy excavate, process, refer
noun + (n.)metallurgy Help agriculture, alloy, botany, branch, carbide, chamber, chemical, chemistry, copper, corrosion, course, degree, design, development, electronics, energy, engineer, engineering, etching, evidence, expert, fire, gas, god, heat, improvement, industry, knowledge, material, medicine, pad, physics, powder, practice, production, professor, science, sector, steel, surface, technology, turbine, welding  [See all][See only the most frequent]
derivation: metallurgist (n.)
Word Parts  About this feature
The word metallurgy contains the following part:
erg, ergo, urg Greek root that means work