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factory definition

fac·tory (fak′tə rē; often fak′trē)

noun pl. factories -·ries

  1. a building or buildings in which things are manufactured; manufacturing plant

  2. Etymology: < Port feitoria

    a trading settlement maintained by factors

Etymology: Fr factorie < facteur: see factor

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factory Synonyms

factory

n.

plant, manufactory, shop, industry, workshop, machine shop, mill, works, laboratory, assembly plant, manufacturing plant, establishment, branch, foundry, forge, loom, mint, carpenter shop, brewery, sawmill, supply house, warehouse, sweatshop, guild, cooperative, processing plant, workroom, firm, company, packing plant, outfitters, facility, layout*.


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factory Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • pollute: Elsewhere a video group in India produced a film which led to the closure of a polluting factory.

Adjective modifier

  • chocolate: It was worse than being in a chocolate factory!

Modifies a noun

  • farming: His repeated warnings about the threats to human health from factory farming have never been denied by his former employer.

Noun used with modifier

  • munitions: The Joint Venture wants to record a history of the area, including the munitions factory.
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factory quotes

Which is more musical, a truck passing bya factory or a truck passing by a music school?

-Cage,John

In manufacture and in handicrafts, the worker uses a tool; in the factory, he serves a machine.

-Marx, Karl Heinrich

In the factory, we make cosmetics; in the store we sell hope.

-Reston,James B(arrett)

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