the making of goods or wares by manual labor or by machinery, especially on a large scale: the manufacture of television sets.
the making or producing of anything; generation: the manufacture of body cells.
the thing or material manufactured; product: Plastic is an important manufacture.
verb (used with object),man·u·fac·tured,man·u·fac·tur·ing.
to make or produce by hand or machinery, especially on a large scale.
to work up (material) into form for use: to manufacture cotton.
to invent fictitiously; fabricate; concoct: to manufacture an account of the incident.
to produce in a mechanical way without inspiration or originality: to manufacture a daily quota of poetry.
Origin of manufacture
1560–70; obsolete manufact (see manufactory) + -ure
SYNONYMS FOR manufacture
4 build.
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synonym study for manufacture
4. Manufacture,assemble,fabricate apply to processes in industry. Manufacture, originally to make by hand, now means to make by machine or by industrial process: to manufacture rubber tires.To assemble is to fit together the manufactured parts of something mechanical: to assemble an automobile.To fabricate is to construct or build by fitting standardized parts together: to fabricate houses. See also make1.
non·man·u·fac·tur·ing,nounpre·man·u·fac·ture,verb (used with object),pre·man·u·fac·tured,pre·man·u·fac·tur·ing.sem·i·man·u·fac·tured,adjectivesem·i·man·u·fac·tur·ing,nounun·man·u·fac·tur·a·ble,adjectiveun·man·u·fac·tured,adjectivewell-man·u·fac·tured,adjective
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We both remarked on the deplorable weakness of the cream, and had a good laugh over the method of its manufacture.
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British Dictionary definitions for manufacture
manufacture
/ (ˌmænjʊˈfæktʃə) /
verb
to process or make (a product) from a raw material, esp as a large-scale operation using machinery
(tr)to invent or concoctto manufacture an excuse
noun
the production of goods, esp by industrial processes