manufactory

noun

ˌman-yə-ˈfak-t(ə-)rē How to pronounce manufactory (audio)
Definition of manufactorynext
as in factory
a building or set of buildings for the manufacturing of goods recent years have seen a tremendous growth in manufactories all along the river

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Recent Examples of manufactory Founded in Vienna in 1718, Augarten is Europe’s second-oldest porcelain manufactory, and each piece is still made entirely by hand in the same historic building. — Angela Tafoya, Architectural Digest, 21 Aug. 2026 British spectacle maker Cubitts has opened The Yard, its new headquarters and optical manufactory in King’s Cross, London. — Renan Botelho, Footwear News, 25 June 2026 The timepiece continues to be hand-crafted in Porsche’s watch manufactory in Solothurn, Switzerland. — Chris Gardner For The Hollywood Reporter, Robb Report, 5 Feb. 2025 The very nineteenth-century manufactories that Marx described—with a different worker manually forging, shaping, and finishing metal in a long line to produce a product for sale—were still in operation on the streets of Naples. — Thomas Meaney, The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2024 For guests interested in Vienna’s living craft legacy, the hotel can arrange visits to artisans and ateliers around the city, including Bösendorfer pianos and Augarten, a 300-year-old porcelain manufactory. — Hannah Walhout, Travel + Leisure, 9 July 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for manufactory
  1. factory
  2. mill
  3. plant
Noun
  • Huntsville factory gets bigger Boeing has invested more than $200 million in PAC-3 seeker production since 2024.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Developing mechanized hands capable of such dexterity could be a key driver in the adoption of humanoids in domestic settings, though likely won't be needed for most factory jobs.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of factory
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  • Leaning Ladder Olive Oil Woodstock, Georgia Come to this shop, situated in a massive historic mill, to refresh your stock of olive oils and vinegars.
    — Karla Walsh, Southern Living, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Spinnova and Tearfil signed a yarn development agreement in June 2023, choosing the Portuguese spinner’s Guimarães mill as the site for Spinnova’s research and development yarn-spinning line.
    — Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of mill
Noun
  • Take, for instance, the free-form rooftop pool which is shaded by native trees and blossoming plants and is the perfect spot to cool off from Thailand’s no-joke humidity.
    — Condé Nast, cntraveler.com, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Separately, the standard bars new dyeing and finishing operations, excluding purely physical finishing, from sending wastewater to municipal treatment plants, according to the environment ministry.
    — Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of plant

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“Manufactory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/manufactory. Accessed 10 Oct. 2026.

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