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Verb: manufacture `manyu'fakchu(r)- Put together out of artificial or natural components or parts
"They manufacture small toys"; He manufactured a popular cereal" - fabricate, construct - Make up something artificial or untrue
- fabricate, cook up, make up, invent - Produce naturally
"this gland manufactures a specific substance only" - Create or produce in a mechanical way
"This novelist has been manufacturing his books following his initial success" Noun: manufacture `manyu'fakchu(r)- The organized action of making of goods and services for sale
- industry - The act of making something (a product) from raw materials
"an improvement in the manufacture of explosives" - fabrication, manufacturing
Derived forms: manufacturing, manufactured, manufactures See also: manufacturer Type of: bring forth, business, business enterprise, commercial enterprise, concoct, create, creating from raw materials, dream up, hatch, hit on, make, produce, think of, think up Encyclopedia: Manufacture |