factory

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.

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

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factory

Noun

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

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Factory a body of factors, or workers, 1702.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

factory - a plant consisting of one or more buildings with facilities for manufacturing manufactory, manufacturing plant, mill 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

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factory

noun works, plant, mill, workshop, assembly line, shop floor, manufactory (obsolete)

Translations

factory [ˈfæktərɪ] n → fábrica

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factory [ˈfæktərɪ] n → usine f, fabrique f

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factory [ˈfæktərɪ] n → Fabrik f

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factory [ˈfæktərɪ] n → fabbrica, stabilimento