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 the case of graphics processor chips, designers such as NVIDIA, which has 85% market share, depend on advanced semiconductor foundries such as TSMC, which has more than 70% market share, to manufacture chips using extreme ultraviolet lithography machines from ASML, a monopoly. —Vidya Mani, The Conversation, 1 May 2026

SkyWater Technology — The semiconductor engineering and fabrication foundry's stock fell more than 7%. —Christina Cheddar Berk,davis Giangiulio, CNBC, 27 Apr. 2026

Investors will be all ears on any discussion of new customers for Intel’s foundry business, which has been the source of speculation in recent weeks. —Bloomberg, Mercury News, 23 Apr. 2026

Two statues from a foundry in Northern Colorado have completed a tour across the country that lasted over a week and are now installed in front of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. —Christa Swanson, CBS News, 22 Mar. 2026

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