'Factory' definitions:
Definition of 'factory'
From: WordNet
noun
A plant consisting of one or more buildings with facilities for manufacturing [syn: factory, mill, manufacturing plant, manufactory]
Definition of 'Factory'
From: GCIDE
- Factory \Fac"to*ry\, n.; pl. Factories (-r[i^]z). [Cf. F. factorerie.]
- 1. A house or place where factors, or commercial agents, reside, to transact business for their employers. "The Company's factory at Madras." --Burke. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The body of factors in any place; as, a chaplain to a British factory. --W. Guthrie. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A building, or collection of buildings, appropriated to the manufacture of goods; the place where workmen are employed in fabricating goods, wares, or utensils; a manufactory; as, a cotton factory. [1913 Webster]
- Factory leg (Med.), a variety of bandy leg, associated with partial dislocation of the tibia, produced in young children by working in factories. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'factory'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- armory,
- arsenal,
- assembly line,
- assembly plant,
- atomic energy plant,
- bindery,
- boatyard,
- boilery,
- bookbindery,
- brewery,
- brickyard,
- cannery,
- creamery,
- dairy,
- defense plant,
- distillery,
- dockyard,
- factory belt,
- factory district,
- feeder plant,
- flour mill,
- industrial park,
- industrial zone,
- main plant,
- manufactory,
- manufacturing plant,
- manufacturing quarter,
- mill,
- mint,
- munitions plant,
- oil refinery,
- packing house,
- plant,
- pottery,
- power plant,
- production line,
- push-button plant,
- refinery,
- sawmill,
- shipyard,
- subassembly plant,
- sugar refinery,
- tannery,
- winery,
- works,
- yard,
- yards