English > industrial plant: 1 sense > noun 1, artifact| Meaning | buildings for carrying on industrial labor. |
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| Synonyms | plant, works |
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| Category of | gas system | facility (plant and equipment) for providing natural-gas service |
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| Narrower | bottling plant | A plant where beverages are put into bottles with caps |
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| brewery | A plant where beer is brewed by fermentation |
| distillery, still | A plant and works where alcoholic drinks are made by distillation |
| factory, mill, manufacturing plant, manufactory | A plant consisting of one or more buildings with facilities for manufacturing |
| mint | A plant where money is coined by authority of the government |
| packinghouse, packing plant | A plant where livestock are slaughtered and processed and packed as meat products |
| recycling plant | A plant for reprocessing used or abandoned materials |
| refinery | An industrial plant for purifying a crude substance |
| saltworks | A plant where salt / salt is produced commercially |
| sewage disposal plant, disposal plant | A plant for disposing of sewage |
| smelter, smeltery | An industrial plant for smelting |
| winery, wine maker | distillery where wine is made |
| Broader | building complex, complex | A whole structure (as a building) made up of interconnected or related structures |
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| Spanish | fábrica, factoría, planta |
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| Catalan | fàbrica, factoria, nau industrial, planta |
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