A factory, manufacturing plant or production plant is an industrial facility, often a complex consisting of several buildings filled with machinery, where workers manufacture items or …

The meaning of FACTORY is a building or set of buildings with facilities for manufacturing —often used before another noun —often used figuratively. How to use factory in a sentence.

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FACTORY definition: a building or group of buildings with facilities for the manufacture of goods. See examples of factory used in a sentence.

Dec 24, 2025 · factory (plural factories) A building or other place where manufacturing takes place. [from 17th c.] quotations

A building where machines are used to make things is usually called a factory. I work in a cheese factory. He visited several factories which produce domestic electrical goods. A place where …

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