metal-bashing noun [U] (informal)

the activity or business of manufacturing things from metal:

Most of the new jobs will be in services rather than metal-bashing.

metal-bashing industrialists

metal-basher noun [C]

• deferred taxation
• deficiency
• deficiency judgment
• deficiency notice
• deficit
• deficit financing
• deficit spending
• define
• defined benefit
• defined contribution
• deflate
• deflation
• deflator
• defraud
• defray
• defunct
• degrade
• de jure
• Del
• delay
• delayering
• del credere agent
• delegate
• delegation
• delete