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Definition of Factory
1. Noun. A plant consisting of one or more buildings with facilities for manufacturing.
Specialized synonyms: Assembly Plant, Auto Factory, Automobile Factory, Car Factory, Cannery, Chemical Plant, Foundry, Metalworks, Lumbermill, Sawmill, Paper Mill, Stamp Mill, Stamping Mill, Steel Factory, Steel Mill, Steel Plant, Steelworks, Sweatshop, Textile Mill
Examples of category: Closed-circuit Television, Conveyer, Conveyer Belt, Conveyor, Conveyor Belt, Transporter, Uptime
Generic synonyms: Industrial Plant, Plant, Works
Terms within: Assembly Line, Line, Production Line, Shop Floor
Definition of Factory
1. n. A house or place where factors, or commercial agents, reside, to transact business for their employers.
Definition of Factory
1. Noun. (obsolete) A trading establishment, especially set up by merchants working in a foreign country. ¹
2. Noun. (rare) The position or state of being a factor. ¹
3. Noun. A building or other place where manufacturing takes place. ¹
4. Noun. A device which produces or manufactures something. ¹
5. Noun. (programming) In a computer program or library, a function or method which creates an object. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Factory
1. a building or group of buildings in which goods are manufactured [n -RIES]
Medical Definition of Factory
1.
Origin: Cf. F. Factorerie.
1. A house or place where factors, or commercial agents, reside, to transact business for their employers. "The Company's factory at Madras."
2. The body of factors in any place; as, a chaplain to a British factory.
3. A building, or collection of buildings, appropriated to the manufacture of goods; the place where workmen are employed in fabricating goods, wares, or utensils; a manufactory; as, a cotton factory.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Factory
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