foundry

noun

found·​ry ˈfau̇n-drē 

plural foundries

1

: an establishment where founding is carried on

2

: the act, process, or art of casting metals

Examples of foundry in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In 2023, Intel’s foundry reported an operating loss of $7 billion on sales of $18.9 billion, and the business is expected to see revenues contract for 2024 while remaining loss-making. —Trefis Team, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025

Back in April, the world’s biggest foundry, TSMC, laid out its plans for advanced packaging, and that future points toward wafer-scale computers. —IEEE Spectrum, 30 Dec. 2024

Building up the 'pure foundry' business model So, in 1985, Chang, living in New York, was open to trying something new when Taiwan government leaders asked him to head the Industrial Technology Research Institute. —Russ Wiles, The Arizona Republic, 25 Sep. 2024

Eisen traveled to foundries in California, upstate New York and Germany to size up the quality at each. —Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 16 Jan. 2025

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from Middle French fondrie, fonderie, from fond-, base of fondre "to cast, found entry 5" + -rie, -erie -ery

First Known Use

1536, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

foundry

noun

found·​ry ˈfau̇n-drē 

plural foundries

: a building or factory where metals are cast