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" The factory that my grandmother had put under the house to produce these green men to come get me."
Todd Bridges

Meaning of "factory" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD FACTORY

From Late Latin factorium.
Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF FACTORY

ˈfæktərɪ


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FACTORY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Factory is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES FACTORY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Factory

A factory or manufacturing plant is an industrial site, usually consisting of buildings and machinery, or more commonly a complex having several buildings, where workers manufacture goods or operate machines processing one product into another. Factories arose with the introduction of machinery during the Industrial Revolution when the capital and space requirements became too great for cottage industry or workshops. Early factories that contained small amounts of machinery, such as one or two spinning mules, and fewer than a dozen workers have been called "glorified workshops". Most modern factories have large warehouses or warehouse-like facilities that contain heavy equipment used for assembly line production. Large factories tend to be located with access to multiple modes of transportation, with some having rail, highway and water loading and unloading facilities. Factories may either make discrete products or some type of material continuously produced such as chemicals, pulp and paper, or refined oil products.

Definition of factory in the English dictionary

The first definition of factory in the dictionary is a building or group of buildings containing a plant assembly for the manufacture of goods. Other definition of factory is a trading station maintained by factors in a foreign country. Factory is also a main trading station for the exchange and transshipment of furs.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FACTORY

benefactory · calefactory · contradictory · detractory · directory · dissatisfactory · enactory · introductory · lactary · malefactory · manufactory · olfactory · phylactery · rectory · refractary · refractory · satisfactory · trajectory · unsatisfactory · victory

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FACTORY

factories · factoring · factorisation · factorise · factorization · factorize · factorship · Factory Acts · factory chimney · factory farm · factory farming · factory floor · factory hand · factory inspector · factory outlet · factory ship · factory work · factory worker · factory-fresh · factory-like

WORDS THAT END LIKE FACTORY

bomb factory · canning factory · dairy factory · data directory · engineering factory · ex-directory · fish factory · glass factory · history · moral victory · ordnance factory · perfunctory · Pyrrhic victory · refectory · silk factory · street directory · sugar factory · telephone directory · the Directory · valedictory · web directory

Synonyms and antonyms of factory in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «FACTORY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «factory» and belong to the same grammatical category.

Translation of «factory» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF FACTORY

Find out the translation of factory to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of factory from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «factory» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

工厂
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

fábrica
570 millions of speakers
en

English

factory
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

कारखाना
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مَصْنَع
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

фабрика
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

fábrica
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

কারখানা
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

usine
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Kilang
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Fabrik
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

工場
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

공장
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Pabrik
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nhà máy
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

தொழிற்சாலை
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

कारखाना
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

fabrika
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

fabbrica
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

fabryka
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

фабрика
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

fabrică
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

εργοστάσιο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

fabriek
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

fabrik
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

fabrikk
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of factory

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FACTORY»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of factory
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «factory».

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about factory

EXAMPLES

10 QUOTES WITH «FACTORY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word factory.
1
Steve Albini
My father was an expert hunter, so we ate a lot of wild game when I was growing up in Montana. That helped broaden my palate generally, but I know it informed my distaste for factory farms and unspectacular commercial meat.
2
Aneurin Barnard
I came from a very, very small valley in the middle of South Wales. I grew up there with my father, who's a coal miner, and my mother worked in a normal factory.
3
Mark Barrowcliffe
Our grandparents' generation never expected too much out of life and, paradoxically, were happier for it. It never occurred to my granddad that he would enjoy work. He hated it from the day he walked through the factory gates at 14 to when he left at 65.
4
John Desmond Bernal
As experimentation becomes more complex, the need for the co-operation in it of technical elements from outside becomes greater and the modern laboratory tends increasingly to resemble the factory and to employ in its service increasing numbers of purely routine workers.
5
Wes Borland
I almost shouldn't be in Limp Bizkit; it's like I got matched in the factory with the wrong band.
6
Todd Bridges
The factory that my grandmother had put under the house to produce these green men to come get me.
7
Alexander Chase
When a machine begins to run without human aid, it is time to scrap it - whether it be a factory or a government.
8
Sophie Kennedy Clark
I believe there's a job in the fish factory for me. That's enough to get me through every audition.
9
Tom Coburn
The earmark favor factory needs to be boarded up and demolished, not turned over to new management that may or may not have a better eye for earmarks with 'merit.'
10
John Corbett
I actually got hurt in a steel factory in 1985 and so that changed my life. I went to a junior college and that's where I discovered acting.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FACTORY»

Discover the use of factory in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to factory and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great Age of American ...
The definitive history of America's greatest incubator of technological innovation In this first full portrait of the legendary Bell Labs, journalist Jon Gertner takes readers behind one of the greatest collaborations between business and ...
Jon Gertner, 2012
2
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Willy Wonka's famous chocolate factory is opening at last!
Roald Dahl, 2007
3
Managing the Design Factory
Here is the first comprehensive approach to managing design-in-process inventory from the bestselling author of "Developing Products in Half the Time".
Donald Reinertsen, 1997
4
A Factory of One: Applying Lean Principles to Banish Waste ...
This book not only provides the tools, but also teaches you how to find the root causes underlying your inefficiencies so you can eliminate them permanently.
Daniel Markovitz, 2011
5
The Wasp Factory: A Novel
The polarizing literary debut by Scottish author Ian Banks, The Wasp Factory is the bizarre, imaginative, disturbing, and darkly comic look into the mind of a child psychopath.
Iain Banks, 2013
6
Factory Operations: Planning and Instructional Methods
Volume two of the second edition of the comprehensive Handbook of Manufacturing Engineering illuminates the role of the manufacturing engineer as the key component of factory operation.
Richard Crowson, 2005
7
Factory Planning Manual: Situation-Driven Production ...
This book describes the factory planning process with its manifold practical characteristics.
Michael Schenk, Siegfried Wirth, Egon Müller, 2009
8
Dream Factory
When the Disney World character actors go on strike, teens are hired as replacements.
Brad Barkley, Heather Hepler, 2007
9
Factory Lives: Four Nineteenth-Century Working-Class ...
This Broadview edition also includes a remarkably rich selection of historical documents that provide context for these works.
James R. Simmons, Jr, 2007
10
Factory Girls: Women in the Thread Mills of Meiji Japan
Much of this story is based on records the factory girls themselves left behind, including their songs.
E. Patricia Tsurumi, 1992

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FACTORY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term factory is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Bangladesh Charity Handout Stampede Kills At Least 22, Factory
The factory was identified as Nurani Jorda in Mymensingh town, 70 miles from the capital Dhaka, by local news networks, BBC reported. «International Business Times, Jul 15»
2
Bel Group starts building $17mln cheese factory in southern Vietnam
Bel Vietnam, a subsidiary of French cheese manufacturer Bel Group, broke ground on its second factory in southern Vietnam on Wednesday. «Thanh Nien Daily, Jul 15»
3
PHL factory output falls on weak global demand, El Niño – NEDA
Philippine manufacturing output contracted in May due to weak global demand and prolonged dry spell, the National Economic and ... «GMA News, Jul 15»
4
Man jailed over Northern Ireland's first underground cannabis factory
The scale and sophistication of the first underground drug factory uncovered by police in Northern Ireland has been laid bare at the trial of a ... «Belfast Telegraph, Jul 15»
5
“Extremely concerning” for Highands as fish factory faces closure
A Highland town has been dealt its second major economic blow within weeks with news that a local factory could close. Workers at the Spey ... «Aberdeen Press and Journal, Jul 15»
6
Factory PR Is Looking For Events Interns In NYC
Factory PR is looking for Events Interns for the Fall as well as New York Fashion Week. No previous events experience is necessary but ... «Fashionista, Jul 15»
7
North Korea: Pesticide Factory May Have Sinister Purpose, Report …
A pesticide factory recently visited by the North Korean leader Kim Jong-un may be used to produce biological weapons, like anthrax, ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
8
Consulations on to avert sugar factory shutdown
Seprod currently runs the former Duckenfield Sugar Estate and factory in St Thomas, having taken over the operation from the Government in ... «Jamaica Gleaner, Jul 15»
9
Why Factory Farming Is a Broken System Where Extreme Animal …
Many of the cruelties inherent in factory farming stem from the sheer number of animals packed onto each farm. Pigs and cows are confined by ... «One Green Planet, Jul 15»
10
Prefab revolution? Factory houses are the secret to green building
Factory production means modular green buildings are better sealed against draughts, which in conventional buildings can account for 15-25% ... «The Conversation AU, Jul 15»
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