factory, mill, manufacturing plant, manufactory
(noun) a plant consisting of one or more buildings with facilities for manufacturing
Source: WordNet® 3.1
factory (plural factories)
(obsolete) A trading establishment, especially set up by merchants working in a foreign country.
Synonyms: fondaco (Italian contexts), tradepost, trading post
(now rare) The position or state of being a factor.
A building or other place where manufacturing takes place.
Synonym: manufactory
A device which produces or manufactures something.
A factory farm.
(programming) In a computer program or library, a function, method, etc. which creates an object.
(UK, slang) A police station.
factory (not comparable)
(colloquial, of a configuration, part, etc.) Having come from the factory in the state it is currently in; original, stock.
Source: Wiktionary
Fac"to*ry, n.; pl. Factories (-r. Etym: [Cf. F. factorerie.]
1. A house or place where factors, or commercial agents, reside, to transact business for their employers. "The Company's factory at Madras." Burke.
2. The body of factors in any place; as, a chaplain to a British factory. W. Guthrie.
3. A building, or collection of buildings, appropriated to the manufacture of goods; the place where workmen are employed in fabricating goods, wares, or utensils; a manufactory; as, a cotton factory. Factory leg (Med.), a variety of bandy leg, associated with partial dislocation of the tibia, produced in young children by working in factories.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 November 2024
(noun) a person (usually but not necessarily a woman) who is thoroughly disliked; “she said her son thought Hillary was a bitch”
Espresso is both a coffee beverage and a brewing method that originated in Italy. When making an espresso, a small amount of nearly boiling water under pressure forces through finely-ground coffee beans. It has more caffeine per unit volume than most coffee beverages. Its smaller serving size will take three shots to equal a mug of standard brewed coffee.
