as in factory
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 manufactory The timepiece continues to be hand-crafted in Porsche’s watch manufactory in Solothurn, Switzerland. Chris Gardner For The Hollywood Reporter, Robb Report, 5 Feb. 2025 The very nineteenth-century manufactories that Marx described—with a different worker manually forging, shaping, and finishing metal in a long line to produce a product for sale—were still in operation on the streets of Naples. Thomas Meaney, The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2024 The timepiece continues to be hand-crafted in Porsche’s watch manufactory in Solothurn, Switzerland. Chris Gardner For The Hollywood Reporter, Robb Report, 5 Feb. 2025 The very nineteenth-century manufactories that Marx described—with a different worker manually forging, shaping, and finishing metal in a long line to produce a product for sale—were still in operation on the streets of Naples. Thomas Meaney, The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2024 For guests interested in Vienna’s living craft legacy, the hotel can arrange visits to artisans and ateliers around the city, including Bösendorfer pianos and Augarten, a 300-year-old porcelain manufactory. Hannah Walhout, Travel + Leisure, 9 July 2024 These startlingly realistic vessels and objects sculpted or painted (or both) to mimic flora and fauna are seemingly everywhere, whether in the form of vintage pieces, those from traditional manufactories or collections created by a new wave of young makers. Alexa Brazilian Mari Maeda and Yuji Oboshi, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2023 The designer clothing website Matches now offers a garden’s worth of veggie earthenware from the 139-year-old Portuguese ceramics manufactory Bordallo Pinheiro, including plates that look like ragwort leaves, each affixed with a high relief ladybug. Alexa Brazilian Mari Maeda and Yuji Oboshi, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2023 Handcrafted at Porsche’s watch manufactory in Switzerland, the Chronograph 718 Spyder RS has a sleek, aerodynamic design and precise technical details inspired by its Boxster twin. Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 10 May 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for manufactory
Noun
  • To produce its weapons, Anduril is planning to open a sprawling factory near Columbus, Ohio.
    Dexter Filkins, New Yorker, 14 July 2025
  • That's because the automakers are paying for tariffs and passing it on to dealers, who now pay more to buy cars from the factory.
    Jamie L. LaReau, Freep.com, 14 July 2025
Noun
  • There are still multiple avenues to improving the team, but the James situation could have them on hold. Expect to continue hearing the Lakers in the NBA rumor mill.
    Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 July 2025
  • Kohlmeyer and his team seem to never stop striving for excellence in their products — during Monday’s visit to the mill, Kohlmeyer was in South America searching for organic sources of sesame seeds for oil.
    Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 11 July 2025
Noun
  • Mun’s parents work at an automobile assembly plant.
    Kate Armanini, Chicago Tribune, 23 July 2025
  • Vehicles are assembled on a line at the BMW plant in Leipzig.
    Sam Meredith, CNBC, 23 July 2025

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“Manufactory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/manufactory. Accessed 26 Jul. 2025.

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