factory
noun
fac·to·ry
ˈfak-t(ə-)rē 
plural factories
1
: a building or set of buildings with facilities for manufacturing
a car factory
—often used before another nounfactory workers
a factory building
—often used figurativelya college accused of being a diploma factory
2
archaic
: a station where factors reside and trade
a colonial factory
Examples of factory in a Sentence
She got a job in the factory.
the new factory will create hundreds of much-needed jobs
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Thomas Coughlin, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026
Memory suppliers are building new factories, called fabs, but much of the additional capacity could still go to the more profitable HBM memory, and the capacity is expected to take years to come online.
—Kif Leswing, CNBC, 19 June 2026
In Nottingham, workers sent threatening letters to employers and broke into factories to destroy the new machines.
—Emma Bowman, NPR, 19 June 2026
Setting the factory ablaze and escaping, Naim pauses for a minute when the Ryan-like monster appears at a window, begging to be released and claiming to be the human-being.
—Arushi Jacob, Variety, 19 June 2026
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factory
noun
fac·to·ry
ˈfak-t(ə-)rē
plural factories
: a building or set of buildings equipped for manufacturing
Etymology
from early French factorie "a place where business is carried on," derived from Latin factor "one that does or makes," from factus, past participle of facere "to make, do" — related to fashion, manufacture
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