(~s, manufacturing, ~d)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
To ~ something means to make it in a factory, usually in large quantities. (BUSINESS)
They ~ the class of plastics known as thermoplastic materials...
We import foreign ~d goods.
= produce
VERB: V n, V-ed
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Manufacture is also a noun.
...the ~ of nuclear weapons.
...celebrating 90 years of car ~.
N-UNCOUNT: with supp
manufacturing
...management headquarters for manufacturing.
N-UNCOUNT
2.
Manufactures are goods or products which have been made in a factory. (BUSINESS)
...a long-term rise in the share of ~s in non-oil exports.
N-COUNT: usu pl
3.
If you say that someone ~s information, you are criticizing them because they invent information that is not true.
According to the prosecution, the officers ~d an elaborate story...
= fabricate
VERB: V n disapproval