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- Dictionaryfactory/ˈfakt(ə)ri/
noun
- 1. a building or group of buildings where goods are manufactured or assembled chiefly by machine: "a clothing factory"
- 2. an establishment for traders carrying on business in a foreign country: historical "he is chaplain to the British factory at St Petersburg"
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The meaning of FACTORY is a station where factors reside and trade. How to use factory in a sentence.
a building or group of buildings with facilities for the manufacture of goods. any place producing a uniform product, without concern for individuality: They call it a law school, but it's just a degree factory. (formerly) an establishment for factors and merchants carrying on business in a foreign country. factory. / ˈfæktərɪ / noun.
1. a. A building or group of buildings in which goods are manufactured; a plant. b. See factory ship. 2. A business establishment for commercial agents or factors in a foreign country. 3. The source of prolific production: a rock group that was a hit-tune factory; a motel that served as an illegal drug factory.
A factory, manufacturing plant or 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.
a building or group of buildings where large amounts of products are made or put together: a textile factory. Fewer examples. a factory inspector. Safety at the factory has been improved. The factory currently employs 750 people. The closure of the factory and the consequent loss of 400 jobs was a real blow to the town.
FACTORY meaning: a building or group of buildings where products are made often used before another noun often used figuratively.
THESAURUS factory a building or group of buildings in which goods are produced in large quantities, using machines She works in a chocolate factory. a clothing factory plant a large factory where cars, chemicals, or energy is produced Local residents are protesting about the new nuclear power plant. a car plant a nuclear power plant facility a ...
noun [ C ] uk / ˈfækt ə ri / us. A1. a building or group of buildings where large amounts of products are made or put together: a textile factory. More examples. a factory inspector. Safety at the factory has been improved. The factory currently employs 750 people.
Define factory: a building or group of buildings where products are made—usage, synonyms, more.
any place producing a uniform product, without concern for individuality: They call it a law school, but it's just a degree factory. Business (formerly) an establishment for factors and merchants carrying on business in a foreign country.
