factory

nouncountableB1UK /ˈfæk.tə.ɹi/ US /ˈfæk.tɚ.i/

A building or other place where manufacturing takes place.
A police station.UK, slang
A device or process that produces or manufactures something.
A factory farm.
In a computer program or library, a function, method, etc. which creates an object.
The original state of an electronic device, as it was when it came from the manufacturer.attributive
A trading establishment, especially set up by merchants working in a foreign country.historical

Forms

Example sentences548 results

Thanks to the technological innovation, the maximum output of the factory has doubled.

The supervisor enforced the rules here in this factory.