factory

/ˈfæktəɹi/

noun

  1. 1

    A trading establishment, especially set up by merchants working in a foreign country.

  2. 2

    The position or state of being a factor.

  3. 3

    A building or other place where manufacturing takes place.

  4. 4

    A device which produces or manufactures something.

  5. 5

    A factory farm.

    chicken factory; pig factory
  6. 6

    In a computer program or library, a function, method, etc. which creates an object.

  7. 7

    A police station.

adjective

  1. 1

    (of a configuration, part, etc.) Having come from the factory in the state it is currently in; original, stock.

    See how there's another layer of metal there? That's not factory.

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