car factory
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- noun
- /kɑr ˈfæktəri/
:
fábrica de coches
- Yes, your car factory worker in Detroit versus the car factory worker in Shenzhen and in China.
- an old car factory
- a new car factory
Well, I think the thing that he's certainly been learning by building car factories is what that looks like in scaling.
- Well, I think the thing that he's certainly been learning by building car factories is what that looks like in scaling.
- They may they may not want to give up their home or they may not want to retrain to learn how to work in a car factory.
Examples
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Pomigliano: outside the FIAT car factory, FIOM's general representative, Landini, together with 5,000 other people, greeted 19 of the workers who were laid off by FIAT because of their union membership.
Blog text (3) -
You say you and Henry Rearden found it in an abandoned car factory?
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They will not be tireless workers like the present automatons in car factories, riveting doors to frames around the clock.
Fiction book (2002) -
There was Iowa's corn, Wisconsin's cheese, West Virginia's coal mines, Michigan's car factories, New York's crime—and so on.
Academic text (2001) -
The workers at the car factory assembled hundreds of vehicles every day.
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A new car factory was opened in the city, promising to create thousands of jobs.
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After years of investment, the car factory finally began production of electric vehicles.
Synonyms
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A building where people make goods using machines
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A large factory where goods are made using machines
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A factory where parts are put together to make a product
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A factory that makes cars
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A large building where people make things, like a factory
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A factory that makes cars
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Morphology
The meaning 'a factory where automobiles are manufactured' is directly and compositionally derived from 'car' (automobile) + 'factory' (place of production); there is no idiomatic shift. This compound follows a very common noun-noun construction cross-linguistically, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily understand it.
Etymology
Car factory comes from the simple image of a factory where cars are built on an assembly line, with parts, machines, and people putting pieces together to make whole vehicles. That's why it means 'a factory where automobiles are manufactured'.