manufactory
Noun
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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
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
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