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
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."