FACTORY


Meaning of FACTORY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈfak-t(ə-)rē ]

noun

( plural -ries )

Date: 1582

1. : a station where factors reside and trade

a colonial factory

2.

a. : a building or set of buildings with facilities for manufacturing

b. : the seat of some kind of production

the vice factories of the slums

• fac·to·ry·like -ˌlīk adjective

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.