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fac·to·ry  (fkt-r)
n. pl. fac·to·ries
1.
a. A building or group of buildings in which goods are manufactured; a plant.
b. A vessel in which newly caught seafood is prepared for shipment and sale: a floating fish factory.
2. A business establishment for commercial agents or factors in a foreign country.
3. The source of prolific production: a rock group that was a hit-tune factory; a motel that served as an illegal drug factory.

[Late Latin factria, oil press, mill, and Medieval Latin factria, establishment for factors, both from Latin factor, factor; see factor.]

factory
Noun
pl -ries a building where goods are manufactured in large quantities [Late Latin factorium, from facere to make]

Factory a body of factors, or workers, 1702.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.factoryfactory - a plant consisting of one or more buildings with facilities for manufacturing
assembly plant - a factory where manufactured parts are assembled into a finished product
auto factory, automobile factory, car factory - a factory where automobiles are manufactured
cannery - a factory where food is canned
chemical plant - an industrial plant where chemicals are produced
closed-circuit television - a television system that is not used for broadcasting but is connected by cables to designated monitors (as in a factory or theater)
conveyer belt, conveyor belt, conveyor, conveyer, transporter - a moving belt that transports objects (as in a factory)
foundry, metalworks - factory where metal castings are produced
lumbermill, sawmill - a mill for dressing logs and lumber
paper mill - a mill where paper is manufactured
industrial plant, plant, works - buildings for carrying on industrial labor; "they built a large plant to manufacture automobiles"
assembly line, production line, line - mechanical system in a factory whereby an article is conveyed through sites at which successive operations are performed on it
shop floor - workplace consisting of the part of a factory housing the machines; "the productive work is done on the shop floor"
stamp mill, stamping mill - a mill in which ore is crushed with stamps
steel factory, steel mill, steel plant, steelworks - a factory where steel is made
sweatshop - factory where workers do piecework for poor pay and are prevented from forming unions; common in the clothing industry
textile mill - a factory for making textiles
uptime - a period of time when something (as a machine or factory) is functioning and available for use

factory
noun works, plant, mill, workshop, assembly line, shop floor, manufactory (obsolete)
Translations
Spanish factory [ˈfæktərɪ] nfábrica
French factory [ˈfæktərɪ] nusine f, fabrique f
German factory [ˈfæktərɪ] nFabrik f
Italian factory [ˈfæktərɪ] nfabbrica, stabilimento

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It was during the happy period of his employment in the factory that George had seen and married his wife.
SOME Workingmen employed in a shoe factory went on a strike, saying: "Why should we continue to work to feed and clothe our employer when we have none too much to eat and wear ourselves?
But neither from the brush-maker, who had come to Shoe Lane only ten years ago, when the factory was already built, nor from any other source within his reach, could Silas learn anything of the old Lantern Yard friends, or of Mr.
 
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