Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun metalwork

2 senses of metalwork

Sense 1
metalwork -- (the metal parts of something; "there were bullet holes in the metalwork")
       => work, piece of work -- (a product produced or accomplished through the effort or activity or agency of a person or thing; "it is not regarded as one of his more memorable works"; "the symphony was hailed as an ingenious work"; "he was indebted to the pioneering work of John Dewey"; "the work of an active imagination"; "erosion is the work of wind or water over time")

Sense 2
metalworking, metalwork -- (the activity of making things out of metal in a skillful manner)
       => formation, shaping -- (the act of fabricating something in a particular shape)