'Manufacture' definitions:
Definition of 'manufacture'
(from WordNet)
noun
The organized action of making of goods and services for sale; "American industry is making increased use of computers to control production" [syn: industry, manufacture]
noun
The act of making something (a product) from raw materials; "the synthesis and fabrication of single crystals"; "an improvement in the manufacture of explosives"; "manufacturing is vital to Great Britain" [syn: fabrication, manufacture, manufacturing]
verb
Put together out of artificial or natural components or parts; "the company fabricates plastic chairs"; "They manufacture small toys"; He manufactured a popular cereal" [syn: manufacture, fabricate, construct]
verb
verb
Produce naturally; "this gland manufactures a specific substance only"
verb
Create or produce in a mechanical way; "This novelist has been manufacturing his books following his initial success"
Definition of 'Manufacture'
From: GCIDE
- Manufacture \Man`u*fac"ture\, v. i. To be employed in manufacturing something. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Manufacture'
From: GCIDE
- Manufacture \Man`u*fac"ture\, n. [L. manus the hand + factura a making, fr. facere to make: cf. F. manufacture. See Manual, and Fact.]
- 1. The operation of making wares or any products by hand, by machinery, or by other agency. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Anything made from raw materials by the hand, by machinery, or by art, as cloths, iron utensils, shoes, machinery, saddlery, etc. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Manufacture'
From: GCIDE
- Manufacture \Man`u*fac"ture\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Manufactured; p. pr. & vb. n. Manufacturing.] [Cf. F. manufacturer.]
- 1. To make (wares or other products) by hand, by machinery, or by other agency; as, to manufacture cloth, nails, glass, etc. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To work, as raw or partly wrought materials, into suitable forms for use; as, to manufacture wool, cotton, silk, or iron. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'manufacture'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- anatomy,
- architectonics,
- architecture,
- arrangement,
- artifact,
- assemble,
- assembly,
- basic training,
- brainchild,
- briefing,
- build,
- building,
- cast,
- casting,
- child,
- clearing the decks,
- coinage,
- compose,
- composition,
- compound,
- concoct,
- concoction,
- conformation,
- constitution,
- construct,
- construction,
- contrive,
- conversion,
- cook up,
- counterfeit,
- crafting,
- craftsmanship,
- create,
- creation,
- creature,
- crowning achievement,
- cultivation,
- devise,
- devising,
- distillation,
- effect,
- elaborate,
- elaboration,
- end product,
- equipment,
- erect,
- erection,
- essence,
- evolve,
- extract,
- extraction,
- extrude,
- fabric,
- fabricate,
- fabrication,
- fake,
- familiarization,
- fantasize,
- fashion,
- fashioning,
- fixing,
- forge,
- forging,
- form,
- format,
- formation,
- forming,
- formulate,
- formulation,
- foundation,
- frame,
- framing,
- fruit,
- fudge,
- fudge together,
- get up,
- getup,
- groundwork,
- growing,
- handicraft,
- handiwork,
- harvesting,
- hatch,
- hoke up,
- indite,
- invent,
- invention,
- issue,
- machining,
- make,
- make up,
- makeready,
- makeup,
- making,
- making ready,
- manufacturing,
- mass production,
- mass-produce,
- masterpiece,
- masterwork,
- mature,
- milling,
- mining,
- mintage,
- mobilization,
- mold,
- molding,
- new mintage,
- offspring,
- opera,
- opus,
- opuscule,
- organic structure,
- organism,
- organization,
- originate,
- origination,
- outcome,
- outgrowth,
- patch together,
- pattern,
- patterning,
- physique,
- piece together,
- plan,
- planning,
- prearrangement,
- prefabricate,
- prefabrication,
- preliminaries,
- preliminary,
- preliminary act,
- preliminary step,
- prep,
- preparation,
- preparatory study,
- prepare,
- preparing,
- prepping,
- prerequisite,
- pretreatment,
- processing,
- produce,
- producing,
- product,
- production,
- propaedeutic,
- provision,
- put together,
- put up,
- putting out,
- putting together,
- raise,
- raising,
- readying,
- rear,
- refining,
- result,
- run up,
- set up,
- setup,
- shape,
- shaping,
- smelting,
- spadework,
- structure,
- structuring,
- tectonics,
- texture,
- think up,
- tissue,
- training,
- treatment,
- trial,
- trump up,
- tryout,
- turn out,
- turning out,
- warm-up,
- warp and woof,
- weave,
- web,
- whomp up,
- work,
- workmanship,
- write