English > factory: 1 sense > noun 1, artifact| Meaning | A plant consisting of one or more buildings with facilities for manufacturing. |
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| Synonyms | mill, manufacturing plant, manufactory |
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| Category of | closed-circuit television | A television system that is not used for broadcasting but is connected by cables to designated monitors (as in a factory or theater) |
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| conveyer belt, conveyor belt, conveyer, conveyor, transporter | A moving belt that transports objects (as in a factory) |
| uptime | A period of time when something (as a machine or factory) is functioning and available for use |
| Parts | production line, assembly line, line | mechanical system in a factory whereby an article is conveyed through sites at which successive operations are performed on it |
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| shop floor | workplace consisting of the part of a factory housing the machines |
| Narrower | assembly plant | A factory where manufactured parts are assembled into a finished product |
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| automobile factory, auto factory, car factory | A factory where automobiles are manufactured |
| cannery | A factory where food is canned |
| chemical plant | An industrial plant where chemicals are produced |
| foundry, metalworks | factory where metal castings are produced |
| lumbermill, sawmill | A mill for dressing logs and lumber |
| paper mill | A mill where paper is manufactured |
| stamp mill, stamping mill | A mill in which ore is crushed with stamps |
| steel mill, steelworks, steel plant, steel factory | A factory where steel is made |
| sweatshop | factory where workers do piecework for poor pay and are prevented from forming unions |
| textile mill | A factory for making textiles |
| Broader | plant, works, industrial plant | buildings for carrying on industrial labor |
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| Spanish | fabrica, fábrica, factoría, molino, planta |
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| Catalan | fàbrica, factoria, molí, planta |
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