Originally: a machine worked by wind or water power in the manner of a corn mill, though not used for grinding. In later use: a machine performing a…

Chiefly British. An establishment or premises in which industrial or manufacturing processes are carried out; esp. a factory. In later use only in p…

A building or range of buildings with plant for the manufacture or assembly of goods or for the processing of substances or materials. Cf. manufactory…

A manufacturing establishment or business; a factory. Now rare.

A factory. rare.

A place where a product is manufactured; a factory or workshop, now esp. one where articles are handmade.

A building erected for purposes of manufacture; a place where work is carried on; a factory, manufactory. rare.

In China: a complex of rooms or buildings used as a warehouse, commercial establishment, etc.; spec. any of thirteen of such complexes outside the…

The premises, fittings, and equipment of a business or (chiefly North American) of an institution; a factory, a place where an industrial process is…

A factory or plant in which machinery is operated or manufactured. Usually in plural. Obsolete.

A factory; esp. in later use, a West Indian sugar factory.

A factory, esp. one producing nitrates, in Spanish-speaking South America or Mexico.

= oficina, n. rare.