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factory Definition

fac·tory (faktə rē; often faktrē)

noun pl. -·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

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*.

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.
  • refurbish: This computer has been factory refurbished to function in new condition.

Adjective modifier

  • chocolate: It was worse than being in a chocolate factory!
  • disused: The play was performed at a disused jam factory in Bermondsey.
  • textile: Elsewhere in Greater Manchester a textile factory and a house were struck by lightning although no one was hurt.
  • purpose-built: The brand new, purpose-built factory and headquarters building gives Denco a much more modern base from which to continue its global expansion.
  • derelict: The only thing the derelict linoleum factory is good for is weeds.
  • sq: Today the business occupies a 15,000 sq ft factory with two production lines in Corwen, North Wales.

Modifies a noun

  • farming: His repeated warnings about the threats to human health from factory farming have never been denied by his former employer.
  • outlet: Better prices than the Black Hills Gold Jewelry factory jewelry outlet in South Dakota.
  • chimney: It looks like loads of factory chimneys with all those ack-ack guns pointing upwards.
  • worker: He was born in 1932 in industrial North London, the son of a factory worker.
  • automation: Neureder specializes in complex factory automation equipment, and has been involved in Krauss-Maffei projects before.
  • farm: The majority of these animals are mink, raised on fur factory farms.

Noun used with modifier

  • munitions: The Joint Venture wants to record a history of the area, including the munitions factory.
  • textile: In April 1829 textile factory owners began imposing wage reductions on their workers.
  • garment: Dov Charney runs American Apparel, the largest single garment factory in the United States.
  • cookie: Mr Farthing would make pots on his wheel and once carved a stone statue for the Chigley cookie factory.
  • beet: July 22 nd 1869 Mr Duncan of Lavenham sugar beet factory has given five silver cups to be competed for in different classes.
  • armament: The air is filled with the smoke of your armament factories.

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