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The definition of a factory is where something is made or assembled.
(noun)An example of a factory is a place where cars are built.
A factory is defined as something that makes things quickly and in great quantities.
(noun)An example of factory is a child's school where germs are spread quickly, a "germ factory."
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See factory in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun pl. factories
- a building or buildings in which things are manufactured; manufacturing plant
Origin: < Port feitoria
a trading settlement maintained by factors
Origin: Fr factorie < facteur: see factor
See factory in American Heritage Dictionary 4
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.
Origin:
Origin: Late Latin factōria, oil press, mill
Origin: , and Medieval Latin factōria, establishment for factors
Origin: , both from Latin factor, factor; see factor
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