manufacture
the making of goods or wares by manual labor or by machinery, especially on a large scale: the manufacture of television sets.
the making or producing of anything; generation: the manufacture of body cells.
the thing or material manufactured; product: Plastic is an important manufacture.
to make or produce by hand or machinery, especially on a large scale.
to work up (material) into form for use: to manufacture cotton.
Origin of manufacture
1synonym study For manufacture
Other words for manufacture
Other words from manufacture
- man·u·fac·tur·a·ble, adjective
- man·u·fac·tur·al, adjective
- non·man·u·fac·ture, noun
- non·man·u·fac·tured, adjective
- non·man·u·fac·tur·ing, noun
- pre·man·u·fac·ture, verb (used with object), pre·man·u·fac·tured, pre·man·u·fac·tur·ing.
- sem·i·man·u·fac·tured, adjective
- sem·i·man·u·fac·tur·ing, noun
- un·man·u·fac·tur·a·ble, adjective
- un·man·u·fac·tured, adjective
- well-man·u·fac·tured, adjective
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How to use manufacture in a sentence
Aerosols also are spewed as people extract metal from rocks, manufacture products, farm the land and use household cleansers and other products that scent the air.
British Dictionary definitions for manufacture
/ (ˌmænjʊˈfæktʃə) /
to process or make (a product) from a raw material, esp as a large-scale operation using machinery
(tr) to invent or concoct: to manufacture an excuse
the production of goods, esp by industrial processes
a manufactured product
the creation or production of anything
Origin of manufacture
1Derived forms of manufacture
- manufacturable, adjective
- manufacturing, noun, adjective
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