factory

Language: EN · Kind: word · Transcription: [/ˈfæk.tə.ɹi/]

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Senses

1. factory (noun) — sense 1

Definition: A building or other place where manufacturing takes place.

Example: History has shown that, even without cheap labor, factories run perfectly well.

2. factory (noun) — sense 2

Definition: A police station.

Example: The guys all knew each other and we were having a jolly old chinwag as we marched them out of the house in front of their stunned neighbours and into a van we had called to take them all to the Factory (police station).

3. factory (noun) — sense 3

Definition: A device or process that produces or manufactures something.

Example: Radio became a star factory for journalists.

4. factory (adj) — sense 4

Definition: Having come from the factory in the state it is currently in; original, stock.

Example: See how there's another layer of metal there? That's not factory.

Structure of the word

Roots:

dʰeh₁ (Proto-Indo-European)

Connections

Roots: dʰeh₁

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