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 This week’s food events around metro Atlanta include an opportunity to celebrate Dolly Parton, a baking workshop with a pastry chef and the Atlanta Food & Wine Festival. — Henri Hollis, AJC.com, 8 Sep. 2026 Warshawsky and his cofounders, James Ross-Harris and Richard Warner, may be self-taught, but the workshop's location has a long legacy of metalwork, having been the site of two bronze foundries during the 19th and 20th centuries. — Clare Coulson, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Sep. 2026 Research the destination, enroll in the workshop, or follow a question that keeps pulling you back. — Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 8 Sep. 2026 He was awarded a trophy designed by Dutch artist Sabine Marcelis and produced by Murano glassmaker Venini, which was housed in a bespoke Louis Vuitton trophy trunk created by artisans in the house’s historic Asnières-sur-Seine workshops. — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 8 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for workshop
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  1. factory
  2. mill
  3. shop
  4. plant
  5. works
Noun
  • Xiaomi, a consumer electronics company that only launched its first electric car in 2024, started testing humanoid robots at its factory this year.
    — Jenny Lee,Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Missile surge reaches factory floor The Arkansas expansion forms part of a much larger manufacturing push by L3Harris.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of factory
Noun
  • Former England players Eoin Morgan and Ian Ward, waiting their turn on air, mill about and chat among themselves.
    — Nick Miller, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Beyond the plant stood the Nucor steel mill, a cornfield and the Mississippi River.
    — Austyn Gaffney, Scientific American, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of mill
Noun
  • The laptop's contents, including foreign business emails and texts, were widely distributed in the lead up to the 2020 election after Hunter Biden failed to retrieve it from a computer repair shop.
    — Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Below, shop Jenner’s chino pants and glove flats pairing to mix and match this fall (and beyond).
    — Kaitlin Clapinski, InStyle, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of shop
Noun
  • Saudi Arabia has promised to build desalination plants and two airports, and invest in telecommunications projects worth more than $1 billion.
    — The Week UK, TheWeek, 6 Sep. 2026
  • The prairies’ clayey soils and other characteristics suppress tree growth, but allow native grasses, wildflowers and other herbaceous plants to thrive.
    — Charles Seabrook, AJC.com, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of plant
Noun
  • Venezia Spotlight is the festival’s competitive section dedicated to works that showcase emerging trends and demonstrate creative originality and innovation.
    — Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Among the more than 40 films in Telluride’s main program are new works from major directors such as Martin McDonagh, Werner Herzog, Mike Leigh, Danny Boyle and Paweł Pawlikowski.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026
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