Explore Ironworker through 7 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like maker or shaper. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Ironworker in a sentence
Related words
Ironworker meaning
- A skilled construction worker who assembles the metal frame of buildings, especially large commercial ones such as warehouses and skyscrapers.
- A person employed to manufacture and shape iron or to do other (related) labor within an ironworks.
Using Ironworker
- The main meaning on this page is: A skilled construction worker who assembles the metal frame of buildings, especially large commercial ones such as warehouses and skyscrapers. | A person employed to manufacture and shape iron or to do other (related) labor within an ironworks.
- Useful related words include: maker, shaper.
- In the example corpus, ironworker often appears in combinations such as: an ironworker.
Context around Ironworker
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 2 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 7 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Ironworker
- In this selection, "ironworker" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 23.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, apprentice, old, esque and langhammer stand out and add context to how "ironworker" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include an apprentice ironworker at the and an ironworker in manhattan. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "ironworker" sits close to words such as aaba, aafc and aaib, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with ironworker
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
An ironworker in Manhattan last week. (6 words)
He was an apprentice ironworker at the Ironworkers Apprenticeship Program from 1973 to 1976. (14 words)
Doug was an ironworker who apprenticed at the Ironworkers Local 751 in Anchorage, Alaska. (14 words)
But my husband is an ironworker and would go to work maybe a month or two, three months maybe, and then we would save up a little bit of money, and then we would pour all those resources into our work. (41 words)
The -esque ironworker had parlayed a prodigious $2.3 million war chest as of the end of March, but he has also drawn criticism for being behind in his child-support paymentsspending campaign money in questionable ways. (37 words)
I’m confident,” said Brooks, a 50-year-old ironworker from Dighton who was recently promoted to foreman and is proud to say he is living in a sober house. (30 words)
Example sentences (7)
But my husband is an ironworker and would go to work maybe a month or two, three months maybe, and then we would save up a little bit of money, and then we would pour all those resources into our work.
An ironworker in Manhattan last week.
He was an apprentice ironworker at the Ironworkers Apprenticeship Program from 1973 to 1976.
Doug was an ironworker who apprenticed at the Ironworkers Local 751 in Anchorage, Alaska.
I’m confident,” said Brooks, a 50-year-old ironworker from Dighton who was recently promoted to foreman and is proud to say he is living in a sober house.
The -esque ironworker had parlayed a prodigious $2.3 million war chest as of the end of March, but he has also drawn criticism for being behind in his child-support paymentsspending campaign money in questionable ways.
He and the ironworker Langhammer in the 3-mile-away Graslitz copied the instruments; by 1827 they had produced hundreds of harmonicas.
Common combinations with ironworker
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- an ironworker 3×