noun
pl. -·ries- a building or buildings in which things are manufactured; manufacturing plant
Origin of factory
< Port feitoria a trading settlement maintained by factors
Origin of factory
French factorie from facteur: see factor
Two machinist working in a factory.
- The definition of a factory is where something is made or assembled.
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.
An example of factory is a child's school where germs are spread quickly, a "germ factory."
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noun
pl. fac·to·ries- a. A building or group of buildings in which goods are manufactured; a plant.b. See factory ship.
- 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 of factory
Late Latin factōria oil press, mill and Medieval Latin factōria establishment for factors both from Latin factor factor ; see factor .THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Noun
(plural factories)
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Sentence Examples
- The fifth man was the factory lad in the loose cloak.
- Working in a factory required learning a whole different rhythm of life.
- I cannot believe that our factory system is the best mode by which men may get clothing.
- A salt basin underlies the city, and, next to the lumber industry, the salt industry was the first to be developed, but its importance has dwindled; the product value in 1905 being $20,098 out of $5,620,866 for all factory products.
- The total value of the factory product in 1905 was $4,951,964, an increase of 82.3% since 1900.
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