Factory
21factory — noun (C) 1 a building or group of buildings in which goods are produced in large quantities, using machines: a car factory | factory workers 2 on the factory floor among the ordinary workers in a company …
22factory*/*/*/ — [ˈfæktri] noun [C] a building where large quantities of goods are produced using machines She works in a factory.[/ex] a car factory[/ex] factory workers/bosses[/ex] …
23factory — Synonyms and related words: armory, arsenal, assembly line, assembly plant, atomic energy plant, bindery, boatyard, boilery, bookbindery, brewery, brickyard, cannery, creamery, dairy, defense plant, distillery, dockyard, factory belt, factory… …
24factory — fac|to|ry W2S2 [ˈfæktəri] n plural factories [Date: 1500 1600; : Medieval Latin; Origin: factoria, from Latin factor; FACTOR1] a building or group of buildings in which goods are produced in large quantities, using machines ▪ a car factory ▪… …
25factory — / fækt(ə)ri/ noun a building where products are manufactured ● a car factory ● a shoe factory ● The company is proposing to close three of its factories with the loss of 200 jobs …
26factory — noun (plural ries) Date: 1582 1. a station where factors reside and trade < a colonial factory > 2. a. a building or set of buildings with facilities for manufacturing b. the seat of some kind of production < the vice factories of the slums > •… …
27factory — factorylike, adj. /fak teuh ree, tree/, n., pl. factories. 1. a building or group of buildings with facilities for the manufacture of goods. 2. any place producing a uniform product, without concern for individuality: They call it a law school,… …
28factory — [16] Latin factor, a derivative of facere ‘make’, meant ‘maker, doer’ (it was introduced into English in the 15th century as ‘agent’, but was not adopted as a mathematical term until the mid 17th century). Among its post classical derivatives… …
29factory — [[t]fæ̱ktri[/t]] ♦♦ factories N COUNT: oft n N A factory is a large building where machines are used to make large quantities of goods. He owned furniture factories in New York State …
30factory — gamykla statusas T sritis automatika atitikmenys: angl. factory; mill; plant vok. Betrieb, m; Fabrik, f; Werk, n rus. завод, m pranc. fabrique; usine, f …
