Manufacture

Quick meaning: Manufacture is a noun meaning The action or process of making goods systematically or on a large scale.

Meaning

The action or process of making goods systematically or on a large scale.

More Meanings

1. Anything made, formed or produced; product.
2. (figuratively) The process of such production; generation, creation.
3. (horology) A watch manufacturer that makes its own parts, rather than assembling watches from parts obtained from other firms.
4. To make things, usually on a large scale, with tools and either physical labor or machinery.
5. (transitive) To work (raw or partly wrought materials) into suitable forms for use.
6. (derogatory) To fabricate; to create false evidence to support a point.

Example Sentences

to manufacture wool into blankets

The roads [are] crowded with carriers, laden with rich manufactures.

Our lawgivers take special pride in the ever active manufacture of new bills and laws.

Thus, a patented manufacture should be either better in quality or cheaper in cost than that which it is intended to supplant.

Word Forms

• manufactures
• manufacturing
• manufactured

Synonyms for manufacture

Depending on context, synonyms include construct, fabricate, fabrication, make up, invent, manufacturing.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include construct, fabricate, fabrication, make up, invent, industry.

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