Definitions of manufacture [ˌmæn yəˈfæk tʃər]

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Definition of 'manufacture'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.t.) manufacture
to make or produce by hand or machinery, esp. on a large scale.

2.  manufacture
to work up (material) into form for use:
to manufacture cotton.

3.  manufacture
to fabricate; concoct:
to manufacture an excuse.

4.  manufacture
to produce in a mechanical way:
manufactured poetry daily.

5. (n.) manufacture
the making of goods or wares by manual labor or by machinery, esp. on a large scale:
the manufacture of cars.

6.  manufacture
the making or producing of something; generation:
the manufacture of body cells.

7.  manufacture
the thing manufactured.

Etymology: (1560–70; < MF: making, appar. < ML

Definition of 'manufacture'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) industry, manufacture
the organized action of making of goods and services for sale
"American industry is making increased use of computers to control production"

2. (verb) fabrication, manufacture, manufacturing
the act of making something (a product) from raw materials
"the synthesis and fabrication of single crystals"; "an improvement in the manufacture of explosives"; "manufacturing is vital to Great Britain"

3. (verb) manufacture, fabricate, construct
put together out of artificial or natural components or parts
"the company fabricates plastic chairs"; "They manufacture small toys"; He manufactured a popular cereal"

4. (verb) fabricate, manufacture, cook up, make up, invent
make up something artificial or untrue

5. (verb) manufacture
produce naturally
"this gland manufactures a specific substance only"

6. (verb) manufacture
create or produce in a mechanical way
"This novelist has been manufacturing his books following his initial success"

Definition of 'manufacture'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) manufacture
to produce a product for sale
We manufacture our goods in China.

Definition of 'manufacture'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) manufacture
the operation of making wares or any products by hand, by machinery, or by other agency

2. (noun) manufacture
anything made from raw materials by the hand, by machinery, or by art, as cloths, iron utensils, shoes, machinery, saddlery, etc

3. (verb) manufacture
to make (wares or other products) by hand, by machinery, or by other agency; as, to manufacture cloth, nails, glass, etc

4. (verb) manufacture
to work, as raw or partly wrought materials, into suitable forms for use; as, to manufacture wool, cotton, silk, or iron

5. (verb) manufacture
to be employed in manufacturing something

Translation of 'manufacture'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to make, originally by hand but now usually by machinery and in large quantities This firm manufactures cars at the rate of two hundred per day.
Afrikaans: vervaardig	Arabic: يَصْنَع	Bulgarian: произвеждам
Brazilian: fabricar	Czech: vyrábět	German: herstellen
Danish: fremstille; producere	Greek: κατασκευάζω	Spanish: fabricar, confeccionar, e
Estonian: (tööstuslikult) tootma	Farsi: تولید کردن	Finnish: valmistaa
French: fabriquer	Hebrew: לְייַצֵר	Hindi: बनाना
Croatian: izrađivati, proizvoditi	Hungarian: gyárt	Indonesian: membuat
Icelandic: framleiða	Italian: fabbricare, produrre	Japanese: 製造する
Korean: 제조하다	Lithuanian: gaminti	Latvian: izgatavot
Malay: membuat	Dutch: vervaardigen	Norwegian: framstille, produsere
Polish: produkować	Persian: تولید کردن	Pashto: جوړول،توليد كول
Portuguese: fabricar	Romanian: a fabrica	Russian: производить
Slovak: vyrábať	Slovenian: izdelovati	Serbian: proizvoditi
Swedish: tillverka	Thai: ผลิตด้วยเครื่องจักร	Turkish: üretmek
Taiwanese: 製造	Ukrainian: виробляти	Urdu: کارخانے میں مصنوعات کی تی
Vietnamese: sản xuất	Chinese: 制造
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