blacksmith

Everyday

A person whose job is to make and repair things made of iron, such as horseshoes, gates and tools, by heating the metal and hammering it into shape. tree →

In the lessons

In history lessons and old stories about villages, horses and knights. In science, heating metals to make them easier to shape. Phrases: «the village blacksmith», «the blacksmith's forge».

Examples

• The blacksmith hammered the red-hot iron. tree →
• The blacksmith put new shoes on the horse. tree →
• Every village used to have a blacksmith. tree →
• The blacksmith works at a forge with a big fire. tree →
• We watched a blacksmith make a hook at the museum. tree →
• The knight took his sword to the blacksmith. tree →

Note

Countable. Also «smith» alone; a «farrier» is a smith who shoes horses. «Black» refers to the dark iron, not the person. The family name Smith comes from this job.