factory

noun

/ˈfæktri/, /ˈfæktəri/

(plural factories)

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a building or group of buildings where goods are made, mainly by machine
- a car factory
- The factory closed down ten years ago.
- in/at a factory She works in the local textile factory.
- factory workers
Synonyms factory
factory
- plant
- mill
- works
- yard
- workshop
- foundry
These are all words for buildings or places where things are made or where industrial processes take place.
- factory a building or group of buildings where goods are made, mainly by machine:
  a chocolate/cigarette/clothing factory
- plant a factory or place where power is produced or an industrial process takes place:
  a nuclear power plant
  a manufacturing plant
- mill a factory that produces a particular type of material:
  a cotton/paper/textile/woollen mill
- works (often in compounds) a place where things are made or an industrial process takes place:
  a brickworks
  a steelworks
  Raw materials were carried to the works by barge.
- yard (usually in compounds) an area of land used for building something:
  a shipyard
- workshop a room or building in which things are made or repaired using hand tools or machinery (usually individual items or small numbers of items):
  a car repair workshop
- foundry a factory where metal or glass is melted and made into different shapes or objects:
  an iron foundry
Patterns
- a car/chemical/munitions factory/plant
- an engineering plant/works
- to manage/run a factory/plant/mill/works/yard/workshop/foundry
- to work in/at a factory/plant/mill/yard/workshop/foundry
- factory/mill/foundry owners/managers/workers
Wordfinder
- assembly line
- capacity
- factory
- foreman
- plant
- process
- production
- shift
- shop floor
- workforce
Extra Examples
- He works in a shoe factory.
- They had to close the factory down in the recession.
- capital to set up a ceramics factory
- a chocolate/cigarette/clothing/soap factory
Topics Buildingsa2, Businessa2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- large
- small
- modern
- …
verb + factory
- build
- open
- set up
- …
factory + verb
- make something
- produce something
- open
- …
factory + noun
- manager
- owner
- worker
- …
preposition
- at factory
- in factory
See full entry
a person or organization that continuously produces a large quantity of a particular thing
- This record label has become a real hit factory (= one that produces a lot of successful songs).
- (disapproving) These universities are becoming colourless degree factories, with no sense of what higher learning is really about.

Word Originlate 16th cent. (originally referring to a place where traders did business in a foreign country): via Portuguese feitoria. The current sense is based on late Latin factorium, literally ‘oil press’.

单词	factory
释义	factory noun /ˈfæktri/, /ˈfæktəri/ /ˈfæktri/, /ˈfæktəri/ (plural factories) jump to other results enlarge image a building or group of buildings where goods are made, mainly by machine a car factory The factory closed down ten years ago. in/at a factory She works in the local textile factory. factory workers Synonyms factoryfactory plant mill works yard workshop foundry These are all words for buildings or places where things are made or where industrial processes take place. factory a building or group of buildings where goods are made, mainly by machine: a chocolate/cigarette/clothing factory plant a factory or place where power is produced or an industrial process takes place: a nuclear power plant a manufacturing plant mill a factory that produces a particular type of material: a cotton/paper/textile/woollen mill works (often in compounds) a place where things are made or an industrial process takes place: a brickworks a steelworks Raw materials were carried to the works by barge. yard (usually in compounds) an area of land used for building something: a shipyard workshop a room or building in which things are made or repaired using hand tools or machinery (usually individual items or small numbers of items): a car repair workshop foundry a factory where metal or glass is melted and made into different shapes or objects: an iron foundry Patterns a car/chemical/munitions factory/plant an engineering plant/works to manage/run a factory/plant/mill/works/yard/workshop/foundry to work in/at a factory/plant/mill/yard/workshop/foundry factory/mill/foundry owners/managers/workers Wordfinder assembly line capacity factory foreman plant process production shift shop floor workforce Extra Examples He works in a shoe factory. They had to close the factory down in the recession. capital to set up a ceramics factory a chocolate/cigarette/clothing/soap factory Topics Buildingsa2, Businessa2 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective large small modern … verb + factory build open set up … factory + verb make something produce something open … factory + noun manager owner worker … preposition at factory in factory See full entry a person or organization that continuously produces a large quantity of a particular thing This record label has become a real hit factory (= one that produces a lot of successful songs). (disapproving) These universities are becoming colourless degree factories, with no sense of what higher learning is really about. Word Originlate 16th cent. (originally referring to a place where traders did business in a foreign country): via Portuguese feitoria. The current sense is based on late Latin factorium, literally ‘oil press’.
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