Factory
['fækt(ə)rɪ] or ['fæktri]
Definition
(noun.) a plant consisting of one or more buildings with facilities for manufacturing.
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Definition
(n.) A house or place where factors, or commercial agents, reside, to transact business for their employers.
(n.) The body of factors in any place; as, a chaplain to a British factory.
(n.) A building, or collection of buildings, appropriated to the manufacture of goods; the place where workmen are employed in fabricating goods, wares, or utensils; a manufactory; as, a cotton factory.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Residence of factors.[2]. Body of factors.[3]. Manufactory, mill, manufacturing establishment.
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Examples
- I would like to know if it could not be possible to change the name of that tractor factory. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Up in the top loft of the factory we stored those machines, and at night we put up the benches and got everything all ready. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- I must kiss the hand,' said she, 'that has worked in this fine factory for a dozen year! Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Celebrated sassage factory,' said Sam. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- It was during the happy period of his employment in the factory that George had seen and married his wife. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- The factory work at this time related chiefly to stock tickers, principally the Universal, of which at one time twelve hundred were in use. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Speaking of telling stories, I once got telling a man stories at the Harrison lamp factory, in the yard, as he was leaving. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- In his place has come the factory hand, nearly all footwear being now a product of machinery, and this of greatly varied and effective character. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- With regard to the conditions attendant upon the manufacture of the lamps, Edison says: When we first started the electric light we had to have a factory for manufacturing lamps. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- He came out, looked up at them--the pale cluster of faces--and smiled good courage to them, before he locked the factory-door. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- There was a factory in Lancaster where arms were being made for the Continental troops, and Quicksilver Bob was given the run of the place. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- A little later, with his partners Need and Strutt, he built a very complete factory at Cromford, on the Derwent River. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- And thus matters went on until the early part of the present decade, when the factory facilities were becoming so rapidly outgrown as to render radical changes necessary. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- It is stated that the present output of the American factory of the Singer Company amounts to over 11,000 weekly, or more than half a million annually. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- At the right as the visitor enters the factory, is seen the tool construction department. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- In many factories where phosphorus is used without great care workmen have been greatly affected thereby. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- So the Government intends to take to itself a great portion of the revenues arising from priestly farms, factories, etc. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The women, like his own wife, who had sewed by day and night, were saved their strength and vision, and the slavery of the clothing factories, notorious in those days, was inestimably lightened. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- All mills and factories along the lines of march of his troops were destroyed also. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The completed inventions of Arkwright and others, combined with Watt's steam engine, revolutionised trade, and resulted in the establishment of mills and factories. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- He is an ingenious fellow, too: he invented a machine for the cleaning of hemp--a really valuable affair; it's gone into use in several factories. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Similar works at Avon, near Coventry, England, have an equal capacity, and other factories are about to be established in Belgium and Germany. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- In this instance, demands for isolated plants for lighting factories, mills, mines, hotels, etc. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Practically every civilized country in the world, except the United States, had one or more cyanamid factories in 1916. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- There will be more and better light in homes; there will be more and better light in offices and factories, thus greatly lessening the chances for injury or eye-strain. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The air in crowded buildings, schools, barracks, hospitals, factories, etc. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- The great Harburg-Vienna factories cover sixty-seven acres, are capitalized at 9,000,000 marks, and employ 3,500 hands. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- In some great districts the Church owns all the property--lands, watercourses, woods, mills and factories. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- In 1813 he took out a patent and lighted several factories. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- But by-and-by came a re-action, there were more factories, more masters; more men were wanted. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
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