Contextualizebeta

manufactory

noun
/manjʊˈfakt(ə)ɹi/UK/manjʊˈfakt(ə)ɹi/US/manjʊˈfækt͡ʃəɹi/

Etymology

From Latin manūfactus + -ory.

  1. derived from manūfactus + -ory

Definitions

  1. A manufacturing process

    A manufacturing process; a particular industry or part of an industry.

    • The manufactory of sugar is generally in German hands.

  2. A plant where something is manufactured

    A plant where something is manufactured; a factory.

    • Smalt from the King of France's porcelain manufactory at Sevres fused into a mass, and resigned its colour.
    • We have just changed horses at Birmingham where I was two years ago and we visited the manufactories which are very curious.
    • The furnaces of the manufactory must be fed.

  3. Relating to manufacture.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for manufactory. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA