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factory

/ˈfæktəɹi/

noun

Meaning

  • A trading establishment, especially set up by merchants working in a foreign country.

  • The position or state of being a factor.

  • A building or other place where manufacturing takes place.

  • A device which produces or manufactures something.

  • A factory farm.

    "chicken factory; pig factory"

  • In a computer program or library, a function, method, etc. which creates an object.

  • A police station.

Synonyms

fondaco,
tradepost,
trading post,
manufactory

adjective

Meaning

  • (of a configuration, part, etc.) Having come from the factory in the state it is currently in; original, stock.

    "See how there's another layer of metal there? That's not factory."