factory
noun
fac·to·ry
ˈfak-t(ə-)rē 
plural factories
1
: a station where factors reside and trade
a colonial factory
2
a
: a building or set of buildings with facilities for manufacturing
b
: the seat of some kind of production
the vice factories of the slums
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She got a job in the factory.
the new factory will create hundreds of much-needed jobs
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Farley had been to the company's Heritage and Innovation Center in Daventry, England, and had seen how the automaker's British arm had moved about 150 important vehicles from the Dagenham factory to the innovation center and organized and showcased them.
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Jamie L. Lareau, USA Today, 28 Mar. 2025
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Shuttered factories in Detroit or Youngstown, Ohio, bring concentrated pain and struggle for affected workers.
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Jamie L. Lareau, USA Today, 28 Mar. 2025
Kongsberg Maritime and Yara developed an autonomous ship which has been transporting fertilizer containers from the factory in Porsgrunn, Norway to the export port in Brevik since April 2022.
—Sabbir Rangwala, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025
The idea for Lilo was born four years ago, after Resnick and Bost toured the long-shuttered, 10,000-square-foot Boogie Board factory across the street from Jeune et Jolie and started imagining what the could do with the cavernous space.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Mar. 2025
Shuttered factories in Detroit or Youngstown, Ohio, bring concentrated pain and struggle for affected workers.
—Veronique De Rugy, Oc Register, 28 Mar. 2025
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“Factory.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/factory. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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factory
noun
fac·to·ry
ˈfak-t(ə-)rē
plural factories
: a building or set of buildings equipped for manufacturing
Etymology
from early French factorie "a place where business is carried on," derived from Latin factor "one that does or makes," from factus, past participle of facere "to make, do" — related to fashion, manufacture
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