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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024man•u•fac•ture /ˌmænyəˈfæktʃɚ/USA pronunciation v., -tured, -tur•ing, n. v. [~ + object] - to make or produce by hand or machinery, esp. on a large scale:The company manufactures hundreds of handguns every day.
- to work up (material) into form for use:to manufacture cotton.
- to make up (something untrue):to manufacture an excuse.
n. [uncountable] - the making of goods or products by manual labor or by machinery, esp. on a large scale:the manufacture of cars.
- the making of something:the manufacture of body cells.
man•u•fac•tur•er, n. [countable]See -fac-, -man-1. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024man•u•fac•ture (man′yə fak′chər),USA pronunciation n., v., -tured, -tur•ing. n. - the making of goods or wares by manual labor or by machinery, esp. 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. v.t. - to make or produce by hand or machinery, esp. 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.
- obsolete manufact (see manufactory) + -ure 1560–70
man′u•fac′tur•a•ble, adj. man′u•fac′tur•al, adj. - 4.See corresponding entry in Unabridged build. 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.
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