Definitions for factoryˈfæk tə ri, -tri

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

fac•to•ryˈfæk tə ri, -tri(n.)(pl.)-ries.

  1. a building or group of buildings with facilities for the manufacture of goods.

  2. (formerly) an establishment in a foreign country where factors carried on their business.

    Category: Business

Origin of factory:

1550–60; factor , + -y3

fac′to•ry•like`(adj.)

Princeton's WordNet

  1. factory, mill, manufacturing plant, manufactory(noun)

    a plant consisting of one or more buildings with facilities for manufacturing

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

  1. factory(noun)ˈfæk tə ri, -tri

    a large building where a product is made

    a shoe/cosmetic/firework etc. factory; factory workers

Wiktionary

  1. factory(Noun)

    A trading establishment, especially set up by merchants working in a foreign country.

  2. factory(Noun)

    The position or state of being a factor.

  3. factory(Noun)

    A building or other place where manufacturing takes place.

  4. factory(Noun)

    A device which produces or manufactures something.

  5. factory(Noun)

    In a computer program or library, a function or method which creates an object.

  6. Origin: From factoria, from factor. Probably via a Romance language; compare Italian fattoria, Spanish factoría, Portuguese feitoria.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Factory(noun)

    a house or place where factors, or commercial agents, reside, to transact business for their employers

  2. Factory(noun)

    the body of factors in any place; as, a chaplain to a British factory

  3. Factory(noun)

    a building, or collection of buildings, appropriated to the manufacture of goods; the place where workmen are employed in fabricating goods, wares, or utensils; a manufactory; as, a cotton factory


Translations for factory

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

factory(noun)

a workshop where manufactured articles are made in large numbers

a car factory; (also adjective) a factory worker.

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