factory
noun
[ ˈfakt(ə)ri ]
• a building or group of buildings where goods are manufactured or assembled chiefly by machine.
• "a clothing factory"
Similar:
works,
plant,
manufacturing complex/facility,
yard,
mill,
industrial unit,
business unit,
workshop,
shop,
shop floor,
manufactory,
• an establishment for traders carrying on business in a foreign country.
• "he is chaplain to the British factory at St Petersburg"
Origin:
late 16th century (in factory (sense 2)): via Portuguese feitoria from medieval Latin factoria, from Latin factor (see factor). factory (sense 1) based on late Latin factorium, literally ‘oil press’.
