factory
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1.0
- noun
- /ˈfæktəri/
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fábrica
- It's just a small factory... ...making parts for cars.
- factory worker
- factory work
- factory production
We're choosing trailer parks and factories and junk yards.
- We're choosing trailer parks and factories and junk yards.
- If we can tell them that next year you will have factories, roads and trains.
- The reason is you have to invest in a factory, which is billions.
- We drive past like their factory and it's massive.
- So my mom worked for a local office supply factory in the neighborhood.
- Airbus to build new China jet factory as Apple pulls back.
- I spent time walking around the factory, engaging with people, listening.
- OK, They chose the factory, they chose the specs.
Examples
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So it was mass made in a factory in New Jersey.
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He got him a job at the tannin' factory.
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So my mom worked for a local office supply factory in the neighborhood.
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We're going to the ice cream factory.
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The North had as many factories as the South had workers.
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Yeah, people love working at the potato chip factory.
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Mama used to work days at the dress factory, and she wore this blue smock.
Fiction book (1990) -
The increased productivity of agriculture simultaneously provided labor for the factories and food for the nonagricultural workers.
Academic text (1999) -
I worked in laundries and shirt factories, and I washed mountains of dishes.
Fiction book (1991) -
The new factory produces thousands of toys every day to meet demand.
Synonyms
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4.8
A building or group of buildings where goods are made
171
2.3
A building where things are made or raw materials are processed
20
3.5
A building with large machines that cut logs into boards
18
3.6
A factory that makes chemicals in large amounts
18
6.8
A factory where workers melt metal and pour it into molds
12
3.2
A large factory where goods are made using machines
8
3.2
A factory where parts are put together to make a product
4
3.3
A factory that makes cloth and other fabrics on a large scale
2
3.5
A group of buildings where goods are made with machines
2
1.0
A place where cars are made
1
2.9
A factory where workers make steel from iron and other materials
1
2.2
A building or machine that grinds grain into flour
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9.2
A large building where people make things, like a factory
1
2.8
A factory that makes cars
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5.3
A factory that turns iron into tools and machine parts
1
2.8
A factory that makes cars
A factory that makes books, newspapers, and packaging
Compounds
23
1.3
A person who works in a factory doing physical work on machines and assembly lines
6
3.5
A very large place where people keep many animals in small spaces to make meat, milk, or eggs
- Offensive
A place where people or things that are no longer useful are sent to be thrown away
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Etymology
Factory comes from the Latin root facere, which means 'to make', and you can see the same root in manufacture. So a factory is simply a place where things are made.