■ verb
1》 make (something) on a large scale using machinery.
2》 (of a living thing) produce (a substance) naturally.
3》 make or produce (something abstract) in a merely mechanical way.
4》 invent or fabricate (evidence or a story).
■ noun the process of manufacturing.
Derivatives
manufacturability noun
manufacturable adjective
~r noun
manufacturing adjective &noun
Origin
C16 (denoting something made by hand): from Fr. (re-formed by assoc. with L. manu factum 'made by hand'), from Ital. manifattura .