factory
Definitions
- A building or other place where manufacturing takes place. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
- A building or other place where manufacturing takes place.
- A police station
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A police station. UK, slang
- A device or process that produces or manufactures something
- A device or process that produces or manufactures something.
- A factory farm
- A factory farm.
- In a computer program or library, a function, method, etc. which creates an object
- In a computer program or library, a function, method, etc. which creates an object.
- The original state of an electronic device, as it was when it came from the manufacturer.
- The position or state of being a factor.
- A trading establishment, especially set up by merchants working in a foreign country.
Equivalents
69 more languages
Afrikaansfabriek
አማርኛፋብሪካ
Azərbaycan dilizavod
Беларускаяфабрыка
Българскифабрика
বাংলাকারখানা
བོད་སྐད།བཟོ་གྲྭ
Catalàfàbrica
Cymraegffatri
Danskfabrik
Ελληνικάεργοστάσιο
Esperantofabriko
Galegofábrica
ગુજરાતીકારખાનું
Հայերենգործարան
Kurdîtesîs
ລາວໂຮງງານ
Te Reo Māoriwheketere
मराठीकारखाना
Maltifabbrika
Nederlandsfabriek
Slovenčinatováreň
Slovenščinatovarna
Shqipfabrikë
Svenskafabrik
Kiswahilikarakana
தமிழ்ஆலை
ไทยโรงงาน
ትግርኛፋብሪካ
Türkmençefabrik
ئۇيغۇرچەزاۋۇت
اردوکارخانہ
Examples
“[…] St. Bede's at this period of its history was perhaps the poorest and most miserable parish in the East End⟳ of London. Close-packed, crushed by the buttressed height of the railway viaduct, rendered airless by huge walls of factories, it at once banished lively interest⟳ from a stranger's mind⟳ and left only a dull oppression of the spirit.”
“The highway to the East Coast which ran through the borough of Ebbfield had always been a main road and even now, despite the vast garages, the pylons and the gaily painted factory glasshouses which had sprung up beside it, there still remained an occasional trace of past cultures.”
“History has shown that, even without cheap labor, factories run⟳ perfectly well.”
“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).”
“Radio became a star factory for journalists.”
“chicken factory; pig factory”
“The task factory […] is the object that is responsible for creating instances of those tasks dynamically.”
“factory settings; factory defaults; a factory reset”
“We had here his curate, Mr. Furley, who had been nine years chaplain to the English factory at St. Petersburg […] .”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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