Factory vs. Manufactory

Factorynoun

(obsolete) A trading establishment, especially set up by merchants working in a foreign country.

Factorynoun

The position or state of being a factor.

Factorynoun

A building or other place where manufacturing takes place.

Factorynoun

A device which produces or manufactures something.

Factorynoun

(programming) In a computer program or library, a function, method, etc. which creates an object.

Factoryadjective

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

Factorynoun

A house or place where factors, or commercial agents, reside, to transact business for their employers.

Factorynoun

The body of factors in any place; as, a chaplain to a British factory.

Factorynoun

A building, or collection of buildings, appropriated to the manufacture of goods; the place where workmen are employed in fabricating goods, wares, or utensils; a manufactory; as, a cotton factory.

Factorynoun

a plant consisting of buildings with facilities for manufacturing

Factory

A factory, manufacturing plant or a production plant is an industrial site, often a complex consisting of several buildings filled with machinery, where workers manufacture items or operate machines which process each item into another. They are a critical part of modern economic production, with the majority of the world's goods being created or processed within factories.

Manufactorynoun

(archaic) A manufacturing process; a particular industry or part of an industry.

Manufactorynoun

(archaic) A plant where something is manufactured; a factory.

Manufactoryadjective

(obsolete) Relating to manufacture.

Manufactorynoun

Manufacture.

Manufactorynoun

A building or place where anything is manufactured; a factory.

Manufactoryadjective

Pertaining to manufacturing.

Manufactorynoun

a plant consisting of buildings with facilities for manufacturing