factory Definition
fac·tory (fak′tə rē; often fak′trē)
noun pl. -·ries
- a building or buildings in which things are manufactured; manufacturing plant
Etymology: < Port feitoria
a trading settlement maintained by factors
Etymology: Fr factorie < facteur: see factor
factory Synonyms
factory
n.
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.
Browse dictionary entries near factory
- ‹ factorize
- ‹ factoring
- ‹ factorial
- ‹ factorage
- ‹ factor VIII
- ‹ factor of safety
- ‹ factor
- ‹ factoid
- ‹ factitive
- ‹ factitious
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