factory

Meaning

Noun

1. The position or state of being a factor.
2. A trading establishment, especially set up by merchants working in a foreign country.
3. A building or other place where manufacturing takes place.
4. (slang) A police station.
5. A device or process that produces or manufactures something.
6. A factory farm.
7. In a computer program or library, a function, method, etc. which creates an object.

Adj

Having come from the factory in the state it is currently in; original, stock.

Synonyms

plant

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mill

works

workshop

manufactory

manufacturing plant

manufacture

work

trading post

workplace

studio

fabrication

maker

manufacturer

manufacturing

reality

shop

sweatshop

development

industry

manufacturing works

builder

foreign agency

business

canteen

chintz

company

concern

enterprise

establishment

government agency

industrial enterprise

industrial plant

institution

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈfæk.tə.ɹi/

Etymology

Cognate with Middle French: factorie

Cognate with Italian: fattoria

Cognate with Spanish: factoría

Cognate with Portuguese: feitoria

Cognate with Dutch: factorij

In summary

From Latin factorium (“place of doers, makers”). Compare Middle French factorie; Italian fattoria, Spanish factoría, Portuguese feitoria, Dutch factorij. By surface analysis, factor + -y.

Sentences

Industries included two sawmills , one gristmill , and one clothing factory .