factory

Noun
Synonyms: millmanufacturing plantmanufactory

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. a plant consisting of one or more buildings with facilities for manufacturingSynonyms: millmanufacturing plantmanufactory
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Factory \Fac"to*ry\, n.; pl. Factories (-r[i^]z). [Cf. F. factorerie.]

1.A house or place where factors, or commercial agents, reside, to transact business for their employers. "The Company's factory at Madras." --Burke. [1913 Webster]

2.The body of factors in any place; as, a chaplain to a British factory. --W. Guthrie. [1913 Webster]

3.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. [1913 Webster]

Factory leg (Med.), a variety of bandy leg, associated with partial dislocation of the tibia, produced in young children by working in factories. [1913 Webster]

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