manufacturing
n.
production of goods on a large scale
manufacture
v.
make by machine (especially on a large scale); create, make, produce; mass-produce; fabricate, invent
Manufacturing
manufacture
Noun
1. the organized action of making of goods and services for sale; "American industry is making increased use of computers to control production"
(synonym) industry
(hypernym) commercial enterprise, business enterprise, business
(hyponym) cottage industry
(derivation) fabricate, construct
(class) point system
2. the act of making something (a product) from raw materials; "the synthesis and fabrication of single crystals"; "an improvement in the manufacture of explosives"; "manufacturing is vital to Great Britain"
(synonym) fabrication
(hypernym) creating from raw materials
(hyponym) formation, shaping
(derivation) fabricate, construct
Verb
1. put together out of components or parts; "the company fabricates plastic chairs"; "They manufacture small toys"
(synonym) fabricate, construct
(hypernym) make
(hyponym) mass-produce
(derivation) fabrication
2. make up something artificial or untrue
(synonym) fabricate, cook up, make up, invent
(hypernym) think up, think of, dream up, hatch, concoct
(hyponym) mythologize, mythologise
Manufacturing
(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Manufacture
(a.)
Pertaining to manufacture; as, manufacturing projects.
(a.)
Employed, or chiefly employed, in manufacture; as, a manufacturing community; a manufacturing town.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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