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manufactories

noun

plural of manufactory
as in factories
a building or set of buildings for the manufacturing of goods recent years have seen a tremendous growth in manufactories all along the river

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for manufactories
  1. factories
  2. mills
  3. plants
Noun
  • Pretoria wants American investors to build smelters, factories, and processing facilities in South Africa, rather than relying principally on conventional offtake agreements with local mines.
    — Alexis Akwagyiram, semafor.com, 21 Sep. 2026
  • The region had a reputation as mostly a dreary post-industrial wasteland peppered with factories that had started being abandoned after the Flood of 1955.
    — Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of factories
Noun
  • Wax described Pakistan as home to some of the world’s most technically advanced denim mills.
    — Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 16 Sep. 2026
  • While the spans might be the star of the show, there’s plenty of room along the way to pull over for small-town main streets, hiking trails lined with fall colors, and apple cider mills along the way.
    — Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of mills
Noun
  • The female scale insects overwinter on the plants and begin laying eggs in late April and May.
    — Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2026
  • Unlike traditional growth factors derived from human or bacterial sources, BIOEFFECT’s growth factors are bioengineered in barley plants – a revolutionary method developed by Icelandic scientists.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of plants
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“Manufactories.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/manufactories. Accessed 23 Sep. 2026.

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