ALL meanings of factory
fac·to·ry
F f - noun plural factory a building or group of buildings with facilities for the manufacture of goods. 1
- noun plural factory any place producing a uniform product, without concern for individuality: They call it a law school, but it's just a degree factory. 1
- noun plural factory (formerly) an establishment for factors and merchants carrying on business in a foreign country. 1
- noun factory A building or group of buildings where goods are manufactured or assembled chiefly by machine. 1
- noun factory manufacturing site 1
- noun factory mill 1
- countable noun factory A factory is a large building where machines are used to make large quantities of goods. 0
- noun factory a building or group of buildings containing a plant assembly for the manufacture of goods 0
- noun factory (as modifier) 0
- noun factory a trading station maintained by factors in a foreign country 0
- noun factory (formerly) a main trading station for the exchange and transshipment of furs 0
- noun factory a building or buildings in which things are manufactured; manufacturing plant 0
- noun factory a trading settlement maintained by factors 0
- noun factory (Obsolete (No longer in use)) A trading establishment, especially set up by merchants working in a foreign country. 0
- noun factory (now rare) The position or state of being a factor. 0
- noun factory A building or other place where manufacturing takes place. 0
- noun factory A device which produces or manufactures something. 0
- noun factory (programming) In a computer program or library, a function, method, etc. which creates an object. 0