manufactory - use in sentences

Preposition: of

  • porcelain: In the Holland Manor House, about thirty years ago, a manufactory of porcelain was attempted, but proved unsuccessful.

Adjective modifier

  • several: At Bristol are several manufactories for brass, iron, glass, floorcloth, &c.
  • small: There are now, in the township, two small cotton manufactories.

Converse of object

  • establish: On 23 Dec 1786 and 13 Jan 1787 he advertised that he had established a manufactory of Queen's and other earthenwares.
  • have: The japanned wares were probably made by Gray and Co, who had a manufactory in Temple Back.
  • build: In the former there is a tin and iron manufactory built by the Messrs. Crawshay, at an outlay of £ 100,000.
  • expand: He also purchased land and buildings around the city for his expanding manufactory.
  • own: The company is located in Taiwan and owns the manufactory in China ( Nan Jing ).
  • see: But you can still peer through the gates of the builders ' yard and see the engine manufactory and the great masonry furnaces.

Adjective modifier

  • extensive: A cotton mill was erected here at an early period, and here is now an extensive smallware manufactory, and one for candlewick.
  • large: Here was also the largest rope manufactory in Cornwall, conducted for generations by a family named Williams.
  • considerable: He has a house near Christchurch where his wife still resides, and where he carries on a considerable tobacco manufactory.

Noun used with modifier

  • tile: Dalzell, Dickinson, and Co have a brick and tile manufactory, near Holborn Hill.
  • iron: In the former there is a tin and iron manufactory built by the Messrs. Crawshay, at an outlay of £ 100,000.
  • Spode: Arthur Perry worked for the Spode manufactory throughout the Edwardian period and up to 1928.
  • carpet: From 1755 till 1835, there was a celebrated carpet manufactory at Axminster.
  • thread: A flax spinning and thread manufactory is carried on in the village of High Lorton, by Mr. W. Jennings.
  • porcelain: The design was based on a shape produced at the Tournai porcelain manufactory in Belgium operating from 1751 - 1800.

The word usage examples above have been gathered from various sources to reflect current and historical usage. They do not represent the opinions of YourDictionary.com.