manufacture
verb
[ manjʊˈfaktʃə ]
• make (something) on a large scale using machinery.
• "firms who manufacture ball bearings"
Similar:
make,
produce,
mass produce,
build,
construct,
assemble,
put together,
create,
fabricate,
prefabricate,
turn out,
process,
form,
fashion,
model,
mould,
shape,
forge,
engineer,
• invent (evidence or a story).
• "claims that the entire row had been manufactured by the press"
Similar:
make up,
invent,
fabricate,
concoct,
hatch,
dream up,
think up,
trump up,
devise,
formulate,
frame,
contrive,
construct,
coin,
cook up,
manufacture
noun
• the making of articles on a large scale using machinery.
• "the manufacture of armoured vehicles"
Similar:
production,
making,
manufacturing,
mass-production,
construction,
building,
assembly,
creation,
fabrication,
prefabrication,
processing,
putting together,
turning out,
engineering,
forging,
Origin:
mid 16th century (as noun, denoting something made by hand): from French (re-formed by association with Latin manu factum ‘made by hand’), from Italian manifattura . The verb dates from the mid 17th century.
