manufacturing plant

n.

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A factory.

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Noun

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