factory
IPA: fˈæktɝi
noun
- (chiefly Scotland, now rare) The position or state of being a factor.
- (now historical) A trading establishment, especially set up by merchants working in a foreign country.
- A building or other place where manufacturing takes place.
- (UK, slang) A police station.
- A device or process that produces or manufactures something.
- A factory farm.
- (programming) In a computer program or library, a function, method, etc. which creates an object.
adjective
- (colloquial, of a configuration, part, etc.) Having come from the factory in the state it is currently in; original, stock.
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Examples of "factory" in Sentences
- The factory itself was unsanitary.
- The factory stopped their production.
- It's the grease on the factory wheels.
- The factory continuously produced items.
- The furniture factory is in the background.
- The factory is the largest emitter of carbon.
- The factory is the largest employer in the city.
- It is the image of a factory worker of the future.
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