Manufacturing

[man-yuh-fak-cher] Example Sentences

man·u·fac·ture

[man-yuh-fak-cher] noun, verb, man·u·fac·tured, man·u·fac·tur·ing.
noun
1.
the making of goods or wares by manual labor or by machinery, especially on a large scale: the manufacture of television sets.
2.
the making or producing of anything; generation: the manufacture of body cells.
3.
the thing or material manufactured; product: Plastic is an important manufacture.
verb (used with object)
4.
to make or produce by hand or machinery, especially on a large scale.
5.
to work up (material) into form for use: to manufacture cotton.
6.
to invent fictitiously; fabricate; concoct: to manufacture an account of the incident.
7.
to produce in a mechanical way without inspiration or originality: to manufacture a daily quota of poetry.

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Origin:
1560–70; obsolete manufact (see manufactory) + -ure

man·u·fac·tur·a·ble, adjective
man·u·fac·tur·al, adjective
non·man·u·fac·ture, noun
non·man·u·fac·tured, adjective
non·man·u·fac·tur·ing, noun
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pre·man·u·fac·ture, verb (used with object), pre·man·u·fac·tured, pre·man·u·fac·tur·ing.
sem·i·man·u·fac·tured, adjective
sem·i·man·u·fac·tur·ing, noun
un·man·u·fac·tur·a·ble, adjective
un·man·u·fac·tured, adjective
well-man·u·fac·tured, adjective
COLLAPSE


4. build. Manufacture, assemble, fabricate apply to processes in industry. Manufacture, originally to make by hand, now means to make by machine or by industrial process: to manufacture rubber tires. To assemble is to fit together the manufactured parts of something mechanical: to assemble an automobile. To fabricate is to construct or build by fitting standardized parts together: to fabricate houses. See also make1.

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  • Manufacturing factories could have its own power woods on its property.
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World English Dictionary
manufacture (ˌmænjʊˈfæktʃə)
 
vb
1.  to process or make (a product) from a raw material, esp as a large-scale operation using machinery
2.  (tr) to invent or concoct: to manufacture an excuse
 
n
3.  the production of goods, esp by industrial processes
4.  a manufactured product
5.  the creation or production of anything
 
[C16: from obsolete manufact hand-made, from Late Latin manūfactus, from Latin manus hand + facere to make]
 
manu'facturable
 
adj
 
manu'facturing
 
n, —adj

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