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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  1. factories
  2. mills
  3. plants
Noun
  • New technology will not help if American factories cannot produce it efficiently.
    — Rick Lazio, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2026
  • The system runs reliably at the high working temperatures already found inside chemical factories.
    — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of factories
Noun
  • Just one year after introducing Tencel Lyocell – HV100 to the denim market, Lenzing has already met its sales target and has onboarded nearly 50 mills across 13 countries.
    — Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Selvedge is now synonymous with premium denim worldwide, and the mills of Okayama supply fabric to high-end jeans makers far beyond Japan, for garments selling at hundreds, even thousands of dollars.
    — Matt Alt, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of mills
Noun
  • The plants extracting the most helium, as of 2023, were located in Kansas, Texas, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona and Oklahoma, according to federal data.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Rocks and plants The first method measures beryllium-10, an isotope that accumulates in the top few centimeters of rock that is exposed to the sky.
    — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of plants
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“Manufactories.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/manufactories. Accessed 28 Oct. 2026.

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