English Explanatory Dictionary

factory

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A building or other place where manufacturing takes place.
  2. A police station.
  3. A device or process that produces or manufactures something.
  4. A factory farm.
  5. In a computer program or library, a function, method, etc. which creates an object.
  6. The original state of an electronic device, as it was when it came from the manufacturer.
  7. The position or state of being a factor.
  8. A trading establishment, especially set up by merchants working in a foreign country.
  9. An invoice or inventory.
adj
  1. Having come from the factory in the state it is currently in; original, stock.

Pronunciation

/ˈfæk.tə.ɹi/ /ˈfæk.tɹi/ En-uk-factory.ogg /ˈfæk.tɚ.i/

Word forms

factory factories

Etymology

Probably from factor + -y, although in noun sense 1 (“a place where manufacturing takes place”) apparently influenced strongly by association with Classical Latin fact-, the past participial stem of faciō (“to make”); compare manufactory and Latin factōrium (“an oil press”). In noun sense 8 (“a trading establishment”), originally after Portuguese feitoria. In noun sense 9 (“an invoice or inventory”), probably after obsolete Dutch facture (“bill”); see facture. Compare Dutch factorij, Middle French factorie, Spanish factoría.

Synonyms

manufactory

Related words

fact faction factor factorial fashion

Derived words

abstract factory class abstract factory pattern antifactory arms factory autofactory baby factory beauty factory B-factory biofactory bum factory cat factory dark factory daylight factory don't fuck in the factory dream factory dropout factory factoried factory-backed factory class factory edge factory farming factory head factory leg factorylike factory mark factory method pattern factory pattern factory reset factoryscape factory second factory setting factory ship factory team factorywise factoryworker Fty. gargle-factory get to the fireworks factory gigafactory glue factory Higgs factory interfactory intrafactory kitten factory like an explosion in a paint factory megafactory milk factory Moose Factory nanofactory nonfactory poop factory postfactory prefactory sausage factory send to the glue factory shadow factory shit factory star factory subfactory think factory

Translations

Dutch: fabriek Finnish: tehdas
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