factory
noun
a building or group of buildings with facilities for the manufacture of goods.
factory-like
-
a word derived from
factory.
Example Sentences
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Planters operated the nation’s first “big businesses,” managing large labor forces through factory-like regimentation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 30, 2025
Today, researchers are pursuing what many have termed a factory-like approach to analysing ancient DNA2, with the processing of hundreds of samples.
From Nature ● Aug. 27, 2019
He went along to Dyson’s office, a factory-like space with lofty ceilings and timber beams next to the Chicago river.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 25, 2019
Intergalactic creatures are said to live in the ramshackle, factory-like apartments above the shops, here presented as stalls, creating a cacophony of life and noise.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 28, 2019
The United States Branch Mint stood very near it, and its tall, factory-like chimneys overshadowed my cousin's roof.
From Under the Redwoods by Bret Harte
