factory

1. A plant consisting of one or more buildings with facilities for manufacturing (synset 103321351)
   associated with:

   • closed-circuit television - a television system that is not used for broadcasting but is connected by cables to designated monitors (as in a factory or theater)
   • conveyer, conveyer belt, conveyor, conveyor belt, transporter - a moving belt that transports objects (as in a factory)
   • uptime - a period of time when something (as a machine or factory) is functioning and available for use
   is a type of: industrial plant, plant, works - buildings for carrying on industrial labor
   subtypes:

   • assembly plant - a factory where manufactured parts are assembled into a finished product
   • auto factory, automobile factory, car factory - a factory where automobiles are manufactured
   • cannery - a factory where food is canned
   • chemical plant - an industrial plant where chemicals are produced
   • foundry, metalworks - factory where metal castings are produced
   • lumbermill, sawmill - a mill for dressing logs and lumber
   • paper mill - a mill where paper is manufactured
   • stamp mill, stamping mill - a mill in which ore is crushed with stamps
   • steel factory, steel mill, steel plant, steelworks - a factory where steel is made
   • sweatshop - factory where workers do piecework for poor pay and are prevented from forming unions; common in the clothing industry
   • textile mill - a factory for making textiles
   has:

   • assembly line, line, production line - mechanical system in a factory whereby an article is conveyed through sites at which successive operations are performed on it
   • shop floor - workplace consisting of the part of a factory housing the machines
   same as: manufactory, manufacturing plant, mill

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