sweatshopnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈswet.ʃɒp/us/ˈswet.ʃɑːp/disapprovinga small factory where workers are paid very little and work many hours in very bad conditions:
sweatshop conditions
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Factories
- assembly line
- brewery
- cannery
- conveyor belt
- cooling tower
- industrial estate
- industrial park
- knacker's yard
- mill
- miller
- mint
- on the factory floor idiom
- pallet
- plant
- power station
- production line
- steel mill
- tannery
- the shop floor
- workshop
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