Lexic.us

Definition of Manufacture

1. Verb. Put together out of artificial or natural components or parts. "He manufactured a popular cereal"

2. Noun. The organized action of making of goods and services for sale. "American industry is making increased use of computers to control production"

3. Verb. Make up something artificial or untrue.

4. Noun. The act of making something (a product) from raw materials. "Manufacturing is vital to Great Britain"

5. Verb. Produce naturally. "This gland manufactures a specific substance only"

6. Verb. Create or produce in a mechanical way. "This novelist has been manufacturing his books following his initial success"

Definition of Manufacture

1. n. The operation of making wares or any products by hand, by machinery, or by other agency.

2. v. t. To make (wares or other products) by hand, by machinery, or by other agency; as, to manufacture cloth, nails, glass, etc.

3. v. i. To be employed in manufacturing something.

Definition of Manufacture

1. Noun. The action or process of making goods systematically or on a large scale. ¹

2. Noun. (figuratively) Anything made, formed or produced; product. ¹

3. Noun. (figuratively) The process of such production; generation, creation. ¹

4. Verb. To make things, usually on a large scale, with tools and either physical labor or machinery. ¹

5. Verb. To create goods from raw material, e.g. in a factory. ¹

6. Verb. In a negative sense, to fabricate; to create false evidence to support a point. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Manufacture

1. [v -TURED, -TURING, -TURES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Manufacture

manucodes manucodiata manuduction manuductions manuductor manudynamometer manufactories manufactory manufactroversies manufactroversy

manufacturability manufacturable manufacturage manufacturages manufactural manufacture (current term) manufactured manufactured home manufactured materials manufacturer

manufacturer's rep manufacturer's representative manufacturers manufacturers rep manufacturers representative manufactures manufacturess manufacturesses manufacturies manufacturing

Literary usage of Manufacture

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Capital: A Critique of Political Economy by Karl Marx (1906)
"The detail labourer and his implements are the simplest elements of manufacture. Let us now turn to its aspect as a whole. SECTION 3. ..."

2. Journal by Iron and Steel Institute (1903)
"Manganese ore, world's production of, 611. manufacture of basic Bessemer steel, 519. manufacture of electro-steel, 510. manufacture of pig iron in ..."

3. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1867)
"Exception is taken to one or two points in the general system of manufacture, and directions are indicated in which they may be advantageously modified; ..."

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