factory
Americannoun
plural
factories-
a building or group of buildings with facilities for the manufacture of goods.
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any place producing a uniform product, without concern for individuality.
They call it a law school, but it's just a degree factory.
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(formerly) an establishment for factors and merchants carrying on business in a foreign country.
noun
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a building or group of buildings containing a plant assembly for the manufacture of goods
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( as modifier )
a factory worker
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rare a trading station maintained by factors in a foreign country
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(formerly) a main trading station for the exchange and transshipment of furs
Other Word Forms
- factory-like adjective
- factorylike adjective
- subfactory noun
Etymology
Origin of factory
From the Medieval Latin word factōria, dating back to 1550–60. See factor, -y 3
Example Sentences
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Taiwan’s manufacturing output expanded at its steepest rate in over four-and-a-half years in February; Japan’s factory activity hit a 45-month high.
In a nondescript warehouse near Munich, a newly opened factory now churns out drones with proprietary Ukrainian engineering.
Song Hyun-jin, who interviewed more than 120 North Korean defectors about women's leadership in the regime, says it's no longer rare to see women managing factories and filling party seats in North Korea.
From BBC
The factories are distinct from iPhone assembly operations, concentrated in China, which employ hundreds of thousands of people.
The factory closed and the company was shut down for good — owing more than £400,000 to 84 employees.
From BBC
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