noun#2,032 by frequency
factory
/ˈfæk.tə.ɹi/
A building or other place where manufacturing takes place; A police station; A device or process that produces or manufactures something
- plural
- factories
Meanings
- 1
A building or other place where manufacturing takes place
Cars are made in factories.
Tatoeba · sundown · CC BY 2.0 FR
We work in a factory.
Tatoeba · CK · CC BY 2.0 FR
- 2
A police station
- 3
A device or process that produces or manufactures something
- 4
A factory farmrare
- 5
In a computer program or library, a function, method, etc. which creates an objectrare
- 6
The original state of an electronic device, as it was when it came from the manufacturerrare
- 7
The position or state of being a factorrare
- 8
A trading establishment, especially set up by merchants working in a foreign countryrare
- 9
An invoice or inventoryrare