Definitions for factory
ˈfæk tə ri, -trifac·to·ry

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.5 / 4 votes

1. factory, mill, manufacturing plant, manufactorynoun

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

WiktionaryRate this definition:2.8 / 4 votes

1. factorynoun

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

2. factorynoun

   The position or state of being a factor.

3. factorynoun

   A building or other place where manufacturing takes place.

4. factorynoun

   A device which produces or manufactures something.

5. factorynoun

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

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

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Factorynoun

   Etymology: from factor.

   1. A house or district inhabited by traders in a distant country.2. The traders embodied in one place.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Factory

   A factory, manufacturing plant or a production plant is an industrial facility, often a complex consisting of several buildings filled with machinery, where workers manufacture items or operate machines which process each item into another. They are a critical part of modern economic production, with the majority of the world's goods being created or processed within factories. Factories arose with the introduction of machinery during the Industrial Revolution, when the capital and space requirements became too great for cottage industry or workshops. Early factories that contained small amounts of machinery, such as one or two spinning mules, and fewer than a dozen workers have been called "glorified workshops".Most modern factories have large warehouses or warehouse-like facilities that contain heavy equipment used for assembly line production. Large factories tend to be located with access to multiple modes of transportation, some having rail, highway and water loading and unloading facilities. In some countries like Australia, it is common to call a factory building a "Shed". Factories may either make discrete products or some type of continuously produced material, such as chemicals, pulp and paper, or refined oil products. Factories manufacturing chemicals are often called plants and may have most of their equipment – tanks, pressure vessels, chemical reactors, pumps and piping – outdoors and operated from control rooms. Oil refineries have most of their equipment outdoors. Discrete products may be final goods, or parts and sub-assemblies which are made into final products elsewhere. Factories may be supplied parts from elsewhere or make them from raw materials. Continuous production industries typically use heat or electricity to transform streams of raw materials into finished products. The term mill originally referred to the milling of grain, which usually used natural resources such as water or wind power until those were displaced by steam power in the 19th century. Because many processes like spinning and weaving, iron rolling, and paper manufacturing were originally powered by water, the term survives as in steel mill, paper mill, etc.

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1. factory

   A factory is a large building or complex where workers manufacture goods or operate machines to produce goods on a large scale. It uses various materials and processes such as assembling, cutting, shaping, or chemical processing to transform raw materials into finished products.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. Factorynoun

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

2. Factorynoun

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

3. Factorynoun

   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

4. Etymology: [Cf. F. factorerie.]

WikidataRate this definition:5.0 / 2 votes

1. Factory

   A factory or manufacturing plant is an industrial site, usually consisting of buildings and machinery, or more commonly a complex having several buildings, where workers manufacture goods or operate machines processing one product into another. Factories arose with the introduction of machinery during the Industrial Revolution when the capital and space requirements became too great for cottage industry or workshops. Early factories that contained small amounts of machinery, such as one or two spinning mules, and fewer than a dozen workers have been called "glorified workshops. Most modern factories have large warehouses or warehouse-like facilities that contain heavy equipment used for assembly line production. Large factories tend to be located with access to multiple modes of transportation, with some having rail, highway and water loading and unloading facilities. Factories may either make discrete products or some type of material continuously produced such as chemicals, pulp and paper or refined oil products. Factories manufacturing chemicals are often called plants and may have most of their equipment, consisting of tanks, pressure vessels, chemical reactors and pumps and piping located outdoors and are operated by personnel in control rooms. Oil refineries are similar to chemical plants in that most equipment is outdoors.

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. factory

   A place where a considerable number of factors reside; as Lisbon, Leghorn, Calcutta, &c. Factory comprehends the business of a firm or company, as that of the India Company at Canton, or the Hudson's Bay Fur Company in North America.

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. factory

   A type of building and property created and designed for a specific purpose.

   The factory was located near the village.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on March 2, 2020  

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1. factory

   The factory symbol -- In this Symbols.com article you will learn about the meaning of the factory symbol and its characteristic.

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British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'factory' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2314

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'factory' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1900

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'factory' in Nouns Frequency: #747

How to pronounce factory?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

   British

   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

   South African

How to say factory in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of factory in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of factory in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of factory in a Sentence

1. Natacha Alpert:

   We are calling 3-D printing almost like your personal factory, if the consumer can produce at home, where are brands going to stay in that picture?

2. Brendon Weaver:

   We knew we had the expertise to build high-end optics but at a reasonable price, with that we went down the path of getting the products designed and contacting a manufacturer in Japan. After a couple of months, as we were brainstorming with a friend, he asked if it would be possible to get the binoculars customized. Initially that seemed like a real stretch, but we talked to the factory, and they said it was something they could do. We knew we had an innovative approach with going direct-to-consumer. The customization piece let us know we had something really special.

3. Andreas Tostmann:

   The restart of Europe's biggest car factory after weeks of standstill is an important symbol for our employees, our dealers, suppliers, the German economy and for Europe.

4. Alexander Gerlakh:

   I see how people are living and how needy they are now. They're losing their jobs, and many families are cutting back on spending to finance loans. People cannot pay, jobs are being lost in all industries except food. Just next to our factory is a factory that produces parts for railway engines. The buyers have no money to pay and they cannot afford to buy the raw materials to fulfill their orders. It's a chain ... Whole sectors are moving into a period of stagnation.

5. Inger Stojberg:

   It can simply be dangerous for all of us if the bus driver doesn't eat or drink during a whole day, and you don't perform at nearly the same level at the factory or the hospital if you don't eat or drink during the bright hours of the day for a full month.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=factory
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Factory
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=factory
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Factory
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/factory
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=factory
8. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=factory