factory
noun pl. factories
- a building or buildings in which things are manufactured; manufacturing plant
- a trading settlement maintained by factors
See factory in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(făkˈtə-rē)
noun pl. fac·to·ries a. A building or group of buildings in which goods are manufactured; a plant.
b. A vessel in which newly caught seafood is prepared for shipment and sale: a floating fish factory.
- A business establishment for commercial agents or factors in a foreign country.
- The source of prolific production: a rock group that was a hit-tune factory; a motel that served as an illegal drug factory.
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