adj
Meaning 1
Relating to manufacture.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable, obsolete
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
manufactory
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /manjʊˈfakt(ə)ɹi/
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Received-Pronunciation: /manjəˈfakt(ə)ɹi/
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General-American: /manjʊˈfakt(ə)ɹi/
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General-American: /manjəˈfakt(ə)ɹi/
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obsolete: /manjʊˈfækt͡ʃəɹi/ after manufacture
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rhymes with -æktəɹi
noun
Meaning 2
A manufacturing process; a particular industry or part of an industry.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A plant where something is manufactured; a factory.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
a plant consisting of one or more buildings with facilities for manufacturing
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: factory, mill, manufacturing plant
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: plant, works, industrial plant
Narrower terms: assembly plant, automobile factory, auto factory, car factory, cannery, chemical plant, foundry, metalworks, lumbermill, sawmill, paper mill, stamp mill, stamping mill, steel mill, steelworks, steel plant, steel factory, sweatshop, textile mill
History
Etymology
From Latin manūfactus + English -ory.
Across languages
Translations
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: фабрика (fabrika) — factory
- Ancient Greek: ἐργαστήριον (ergastḗrion) — factory
- Latin: opificīna — factory
- Latin: officīna — factory
- Latin: fabrica — factory
- Māori: whare whakanao — factory
- Māori: tohitū whakanao — factory
- Māori: wheketere — factory
Real reading context