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manufacture

/ˌmænjʊˈfæktʃə/

noun

Meaning

  • The action or process of making goods systematically or on a large scale.

  • Anything made, formed or produced; product.

  • The process of such production; generation, creation.

  • A watch manufacturer that makes its own parts, rather than assembling watches from parts obtained from other firms.

verb

Meaning

  • To make things, usually on a large scale, with tools and either physical labor or machinery.

  • To work (raw or partly wrought materials) into suitable forms for use.

    "to manufacture wool into blankets"

  • To fabricate; to create false evidence to support a point.