Synonyms for factory


Grammar : Noun
Spell : fak-tuh-ree, -tree
Phonetic Transcription : ˈfæk tə ri, -tri

Top 10 synonyms for factory Other synonyms for the word factory

Définition of factory

Origin :
  • 1550s, "estate manager's office," from Middle French factorie, from Late Latin factorium "office for agents (factors)," also "oil press, mill," from Latin factor "doer, maker" (see factor (n.)). Sense of "building for making goods" is first attested 1610s. Factory farm attested from 1890.
  • noun manufacturing plant
Example sentences :
  • Then you could have stayed in the factory, and got your wages regularly every week.
  • Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
  • Now, how much better off should I have been if I had kept my place in the factory?
  • Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
  • It is the superintendent of the factory in our village—a man rich, or, at any rate, well-to-do.
  • Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
  • Meanwhile, fortune had improved with Mr. Davis, the superintendent of the factory.
  • Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
  • But he had been cut out, and by Robert Rushton—one of his father's factory hands.
  • Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
  • Mrs. Rushton and her son occupied a little cottage, not far from the factory.
  • Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
  • For the present, he could not do better than to retain his place in the factory.
  • Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
  • Just you speak to father about it, and get him dismissed from the factory.
  • Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
  • At one o'clock Robert went back to the factory rather thoughtful.
  • Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
  • This account was soon settled, and Robert left the factory his own master.
  • Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
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