factorynoun [ C ]
uk/ˈfæk.tər.i/us/ˈfæk.tɚ.i/A1 a building or set of buildings where large amounts of goods are made using machines:
a car/shoe/textile factory
a factory worker/manager
More examples
- The factory supplies electrical components for cars.
- The report is highly critical of safety standards at the factory.
- The closure of the Manchester printing factory is the company's biggest single cutback so far.
- People who work with furnaces in a steel factory need to wear protective clothing.
- The company plans to shut down four factories and cut 10 000 jobs.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Factories
- assembly line
- brewery
- cannery
- conveyor belt
- cooling tower
- industrial estate
- knacker's yard
- mill
- miller
- mint
- on the factory floor idiom
- pallet
- plant
- power station
- production line
- refinery
- sweatshop
- tannery
- the shop floor
- workshop
See more results »