formwork

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Animation depicting construction of multi-story building using aluminum handset formwork.
Modular steel frame formwork for a foundation

Etymology

From form +‎ work.

Noun

formwork (usually uncountable, plural formworks)

  1. (construction) A temporary mold, made from planks, into which concrete is poured.
    Synonym: shuttering (chiefly British)
    • 2023 August 23, Chris Howe, “Green screen: HS2's route through the shires”, in RAIL, number 990, page 35:
      The floor and walls for Copthall tunnel have already been constructed using formwork into which rebar (reinforcing bar) was placed, and then concrete poured.

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