factory

Definition

A building or other place where manufacturing takes place.

Etymology

From factor + y. Compare Middle French factorie; Spanish factoría, Portuguese feitoria, Dutch factorij.

Example Sentences

• "[…] 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."

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