factory
Meaning of factory
- a building or group of buildings where goods are manufactured or assembled chiefly by machine.
a clothing factory
factory workers
- an establishment for traders carrying on business in a foreign country.
he is chaplain to the British factory at St Petersburg
late 16th century (in factory (sense 2)): via Portuguese feitoria from medieval Latin factoria, from Latin factor (see factor). factory (sense 1) based on late Latin factorium, literally ‘oil press’.
Information about factory
- It is a name.
- The plural form of factory is: factories.
- Languages in which factory is used:
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Hyphenation of factory
fac-tory
- It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
- factory is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
factory synonyms
Meaning mill:
Meaning a place or premises in which industrial or manufacturing processes are carried out:
Meaning a place where an industrial or manufacturing process takes place:
Meaning a unit of linear measure equal to 3 feet (0.9144 metre):
Meaning a room or building in which goods are manufactured or repaired:
Meaning a place where things are manufactured or repaired; a workshop:
Translation of factory
- Italian: fabbrica, stabilimento
- Spanish: fábrica, planta
- French: usine
- German: Fabrik
- Portuguese: fábrica
Words that rhyme with factory
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