casting; cast-metal object
Refers to both the process of casting metal and the resulting object. Common in manufacturing and traditional crafts.
This factory produces cast-metal objects.
Casting techniques have been passed down since ancient times.
This pot is made of cast metal.
A cast-iron frying pan heats evenly.
鍛造 means forging metal by hammering, the opposite manufacturing method to 鋳物, which is made by pouring molten metal into a mold.
Compound of 鋳 (i, 'casting') + 物 (mono, 'thing'). The reading い is a native Japanese reading for the kanji 鋳.