factory

Meaning of factory

noun
  1. a building or group of buildings where goods are manufactured or assembled chiefly by machine.
    a clothing factory
    factory workers
  2. 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.
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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:

mill, manufactory

Meaning a place or premises in which industrial or manufacturing processes are carried out:

works

Meaning a place where an industrial or manufacturing process takes place:

plant

Meaning a unit of linear measure equal to 3 feet (0.9144 metre):

yard

Meaning a room or building in which goods are manufactured or repaired:

workshop

Meaning a place where things are manufactured or repaired; a workshop:

shop

Translation of factory

Words that rhyme with factory

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