factory
- Noun:
- A building or group of buildings where goods are manufactured or assembled chiefly by machine: A factory is an industrial facility equipped with machinery and staffed by workers for the purpose of producing goods on a large scale.
- The word "factory" is a countable noun. It refers to the physical location of industrial production.
- It is typically used with verbs like "build," "operate," "work in," "close down," or "visit."
- It is often modified by adjectives describing the type (e.g., car factory, clothing factory) or its state (e.g., abandoned factory, automated factory).
- Noun:
- The new automobile factory will create hundreds of jobs for the town.
- She works in a factory that produces electronic components.
- The old textile factory was converted into luxury apartments.
"Factory farming": A system of rearing livestock using intensive methods, often with the animals confined indoors. (Note: This is a compound term listed separately as per instruction).
- There is growing concern about the ethics of factory farming.
"Factory floor": The area in a factory where the machines and workers involved in production are located.
- The manager spent the morning walking the factory floor to talk to the workers.
Manufacturing plant (n): A synonym often used interchangeably with "factory," sometimes implying a larger or more complex facility.
- The company is opening a new manufacturing plant in the Midwest.
Works (n, plural): A term sometimes used in names of industrial sites, e.g., "steelworks," "gasworks."
- Plant (n): A general term for the buildings, equipment, and people involved in an industrial process. It can be synonymous with "factory" but may also refer to facilities for utilities like power.
- Manufacturing facility: A formal term for a factory.
- Workshop: A room or building in which goods are manufactured or repaired. A workshop is typically smaller in scale than a factory.
- Mill: A building equipped with machinery for grinding grain or for a specific manufacturing process (e.g., paper mill, steel mill).
Factory worker: A person employed in a factory.
- Factory workers protested the unsafe conditions.
Factory outlet: A store where goods are sold directly by the manufacturer, often at a discount.
- We bought these shoes at a factory outlet.
Factory settings (or factory reset): The original state of a device as configured by its manufacturer.
- I had to restore my phone to its factory settings to fix the problem.
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a plant consisting of one or more buildings with facilities for manufacturing
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