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Definition of Manufacture
1. Noun. The organized action of making of goods and services for sale. "American industry is making increased use of computers to control production"
Exact synonyms: Industry
Specialized synonyms: Cottage Industry, Production, Industrial Enterprise, Industrialisation, Industrialization
Generic synonyms: Business, Business Enterprise, Commercial Enterprise
Examples of category: Point System, Industry, Privatise, Privatize, Rat
Specialized synonyms: Cottage Industry, Production, Industrial Enterprise, Industrialisation, Industrialization
Generic synonyms: Business, Business Enterprise, Commercial Enterprise
Examples of category: Point System, Industry, Privatise, Privatize, Rat
2. Verb. Put together out of artificial or natural components or parts. "He manufactured a popular cereal"
Exact synonyms: Construct, Fabricate
Specialized synonyms: Mass-produce, Raft
Generic synonyms: Make
Derivative terms: Fabrication, Fabrication, Fabrication, Manufacturer, Manufacturer
Specialized synonyms: Mass-produce, Raft
Generic synonyms: Make
Derivative terms: Fabrication, Fabrication, Fabrication, Manufacturer, Manufacturer
3. Noun. The act of making something (a product) from raw materials. "Manufacturing is vital to Great Britain"
Exact synonyms: Fabrication, Manufacturing
Generic synonyms: Creating From Raw Materials
Specialized synonyms: Formation, Shaping, Newspeak, Prefabrication
Derivative terms: Fabricate
Generic synonyms: Creating From Raw Materials
Specialized synonyms: Formation, Shaping, Newspeak, Prefabrication
Derivative terms: Fabricate
4. Verb. Make up something artificial or untrue.
Exact synonyms: Cook Up, Fabricate, Invent, Make Up
Generic synonyms: Concoct, Dream Up, Hatch, Think Of, Think Up
Specialized synonyms: Mythologise, Mythologize, Confabulate, Concoct, Trump Up, Spin, Vamp, Vamp Up
Derivative terms: Fabrication, Fabrication, Fabricator, Invention
Generic synonyms: Concoct, Dream Up, Hatch, Think Of, Think Up
Specialized synonyms: Mythologise, Mythologize, Confabulate, Concoct, Trump Up, Spin, Vamp, Vamp Up
Derivative terms: Fabrication, Fabrication, Fabricator, Invention
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. [v -TURED, -TURING, -TURES]