Factory definition
A trading settlement maintained by factors.
noun
A building or buildings in which things are manufactured; manufacturing plant.
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The source of prolific production.
A rock group that was a hit-tune factory; a motel that served as an illegal drug factory.
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The definition of a factory is where something is made or assembled.
An example of a factory is a place where cars are built.
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A building or group of buildings in which goods are manufactured; a plant.
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A factory is defined as something that makes things quickly and in great quantities.
An example of factory is a child's school where germs are spread quickly, a "germ factory."
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A device which produces or manufactures something.
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A business establishment for commercial agents or factors in a foreign country.
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Other Word Forms
Noun
Singular:
factory
Plural:
factoriesOrigin of factory
- 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
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