cementeria

cement factory

noun cheh-men-teh-REE-ah Rare

Origin: From cemento (cement) + -eria (suffix for production facilities).

Also means

cement plant

Usage Note

Cementeria denotes an industrial facility that produces cement. It follows the common Italian pattern of adding -eria to a material to name its processing plant (cf. vetreria for glassworks, cartiera for paper mill). The plural cementerie is regular.

Examples

"La cementeria locale dà lavoro a cento operai."

Natural Translation

The local cement factory employs one hundred workers.

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