Factory Definition

făktə-rē

factories

noun

factories

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

Webster's New World

A trading settlement maintained by factors.

Webster's New World

The source of prolific production.

A rock group that was a hit-tune factory; a motel that served as an illegal drug factory.

American Heritage

A device which produces or manufactures something.

Wiktionary

(programming) In a computer program or library, a function, method, etc. which creates an object.

Wiktionary

Synonyms:

Other Word Forms of Factory

Singular:

factory

Plural:

factories

From Middle French factorie, from Medieval Latin factoria, from Latin factor. Compare Italian fattoria, Spanish factoría, Portuguese feitoria.

From Wiktionary
Late Latin factōria oil press, mill and Medieval Latin factōria establishment for factors both from Latin factor factor factor

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition