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factory
[fak-tuh-ree, -tree]
noun
plural
factoriesa building or group of buildings with facilities for the manufacture of goods.
any place producing a uniform product, without concern for individuality.
They call it a law school, but it's just a degree factory.
(formerly) an establishment for factors and merchants carrying on business in a foreign country.
factory
/ ˈfæktərɪ /
noun
a building or group of buildings containing a plant assembly for the manufacture of goods
( as modifier )
a factory worker
rare, a trading station maintained by factors in a foreign country
(formerly) a main trading station for the exchange and transshipment of furs
Other Word Forms
- factory-like adjective
- factorylike adjective
- subfactory noun
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of factory1
Example Sentences
The U.K. recently announced it would cooperate with Ukraine to produce its Octopus drone interceptors in a British factory, providing Kyiv with defenses while learning from its experience.
But when he went for a job interview at the confectionery factory in York that his great-great-grandfather Joseph Rowntree helped to establish, he acknowledges he felt a "really nice connection" to the past.
His company manufactured tubular steel, with factories spread across Germany, Poland and Russia.
That title encompasses two functions; watching the macroeconomy as well as an array of stocks for clients’ portfolios, which gives him a sharp view even while Washington’s data factories are shut down.
Washington could also restrict U.S. investment in China, including by limiting American companies from building factories on Chinese soil.
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