workshop

noun

ˈwərk-ˌshäp How to pronounce workshop (audio)
Definition of workshopnext
as in factory
a building or set of buildings for the manufacturing of goods a workshop for making high-end furniture

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Recent Examples of workshop Preston is now the chair of the Hózhǫ́ Horizons Youth Council, and was ready to help with another LiFT workshop later this summer. — Selena Simmons-Duffin, NPR, 8 July 2026 The nonprofit is in charge of a Juneteenth celebration, which includes an annual walk, a financial workshop, and will soon introduce its Next Step Scholarship Success program. — Kamal Morgan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 July 2026 Energy Alchemy, a luxury five-day retreat in Bali priced at 42,000 yuan ($6,200), is aimed at wealthy millennial Chinese women and includes workshops on breathwork and reiki, a Japanese spiritual healing practice. — CNN Money, 8 July 2026 An employee assembles a long-range drone in a workshop of the Fire Point company which manufactures FP-1 deep-strike drones and FP-2 strike drones in an undisclosed location in Ukraine on January 29, 2026, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. — Sam Meredith, CNBC, 7 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for workshop
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  1. factory
  2. mill
  3. shop
  4. plant
  5. works
Noun
  • Its walls, made in a Tijuana factory, consist of plywood panels insulated with foam.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026
  • The physical danger from robot coworkers has been made clear since January 25, 1979, when 25-year-old Robert Nicholas Williams was crushed and killed by a 1-ton robotic vehicle’s arm inside a Ford Motor Company factory in Flat Rock, Michigan.
    — Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 7 July 2026
Definition of factory
Noun
  • The mill, which is also used by the Range Rover and Range Rover Sport, does continue to produce an unchanged 553 ft lbs of torque, though.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 8 July 2026
  • The cotton then goes to Laguna Fabric’s circular knitting mill in Los Angeles, where it is knitted into fabrics and dyed.
    — Roy Stephen Canivel, Footwear News, 7 July 2026
Definition of mill
Noun
  • The brand now sells its perfumes worldwide, but the original shop was turned into a sort of museum worth a visit.
    — Laura Itzkowitz, Travel + Leisure, 8 July 2026
  • Plans call for about 80 hotel rooms, a 52-unit luxury condominium tower, restaurants, gardens, shops and amenities overlooking the Atlantic Ocean.
    — Luisa Yanez, Miami Herald, 8 July 2026
Definition of shop
Noun
  • To dispose of the plants safely, put them in brown landscape waste bags and set them out for pickup.
    — Beth Botts, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026
  • Removal by this method helps minimize damage to lawn turf and surrounding plants.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 5 July 2026
Definition of plant
Noun
  • Yet despite several of these being substantial works by some of our most noted and venturesome composers, few bicentennial commissions have survived.
    — Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026
  • Today, over 100 works by artists like François Boucher, Giulio Carpioni, Henri Strésor, and Jacob Marrel are spread across the corridors, restaurants and bars visible to all visitors—the tried and tested, with a fresh twist.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 July 2026
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