manufactory
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of manufactory
1610–20; obsolete manufact handmade (< Late Latin manūfact ( us ); see manus, fact) + -ory 2
Example Sentences
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His manufactory was renamed The Stanley Works, and over the next century it boomed, employing 5,000 people in and around New Britain and helping to give it the nickname “Hardware City.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026
He created the 11 porcelain disks at France’s famed Sèvres manufactory, and they have never been shown publicly before.
From New York Times • Apr. 27, 2022
Visiting a watch manufactory is a soothing experience during chaotic times, and the painfully slow assembly of these beautiful objects may well fall under the heading of “God’s work.”
From The New Yorker • Mar. 13, 2017
The tax likely will top the agenda when Mr. Trump meets Thursday with executives from top U.S. manufactory firms.
From Washington Times • Feb. 22, 2017
All the articles usually made by the tinner also form a branch of their manufactory.
From The History of Louisville, from the Earliest Settlement till the Year 1852 by Casseday, Ben
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