manufactory
manufactory
Definition
manu·fac·tory (man′yo̵̅o̅ fak′tər ē, -yə-)
manufactory
Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- porcelain: In the Holland Manor House, about thirty years ago, a manufactory of porcelain was attempted, but proved unsuccessful.
Converse of object
- establish: On 23 Dec 1786 and 13 Jan 1787 he advertised that he had established a manufactory of Queen's and other earthenwares.
- have: The japanned wares were probably made by Gray and Co, who had a manufactory in Temple Back.
- build: In the former there is a tin and iron manufactory built by the Messrs. Crawshay, at an outlay of £ 100,000.
- expand: He also purchased land and buildings around the city for his expanding manufactory.
- own: The company is located in Taiwan and owns the manufactory in China ( Nan Jing ).
- see: But you can still peer through the gates of the builders ' yard and see the engine manufactory and the great masonry furnaces.
Adjective modifier
- woolen: The next village to Holmfirth is Thongsbridge which was then built chiefly on the river Holme, where there are also several woolen manufactories.
- extensive: A cotton mill was erected here at an early period, and here is now an extensive smallware manufactory, and one for candlewick.
- large: Here was also the largest rope manufactory in Cornwall, conducted for generations by a family named Williams.
- several: At Bristol are several manufactories for brass, iron, glass, floorcloth, &c.
- small: There are now, in the township, two small cotton manufactories.
- considerable: He has a house near Christchurch where his wife still resides, and where he carries on a considerable tobacco manufactory.
Noun used with modifier
- tile: Dalzell, Dickinson, and Co have a brick and tile manufactory, near Holborn Hill.
- iron: In the former there is a tin and iron manufactory built by the Messrs. Crawshay, at an outlay of £ 100,000.
- Spode: Arthur Perry worked for the Spode manufactory throughout the Edwardian period and up to 1928.
- carpet: From 1755 till 1835, there was a celebrated carpet manufactory at Axminster.
- thread: A flax spinning and thread manufactory is carried on in the village of High Lorton, by Mr. W. Jennings.
- porcelain: The design was based on a shape produced at the Tournai porcelain manufactory in Belgium operating from 1751 - 1800.
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