manufacture

Meaning

Noun

1. The action or process of making goods systematically or on a large scale.
2. Anything made, formed or produced; product.
3. The process of such production; generation, creation.
4. A watch manufacturer that makes its own parts, rather than assembling watches from parts obtained from other firms.

Verb

1. To make things, usually on a large scale, with tools and either physical labor or machinery.
2. To work (raw or partly wrought materials) into suitable forms for use.
3. To fabricate; to create false evidence to support a point.

Hyphenated as

man‧u‧fac‧ture

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˌmænjuˈfækt͡ʃɚ/

Etymology

From Middle French manufacture, from Old French, from Medieval Latin manūfactūra (“a making by hand”), from manūfactus, a compound of manū factus, manū being ablative of manus (“hand”), and factus past participle of faciō (“I do, make”).
Compare manual, facture.