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factory [fak-tuh-ree, -tree] Example Sentences
Main Entry:
factory [fak-tuh-ree, -tree]
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: manufacturing plant
Synonyms: branch, cooperative, firm, forge, foundry, industry, laboratory, machine shop, manufactory, mill, mint, salt mines, shop, sweatshop, warehouse, workroom, works, workshop
Main Entry: arsenal
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: storage of weapons
Synonyms: armory, depository, depot, dump, factory, magazine, ordnance, plant, repository, stock, stockpile, store, storehouse, supply, warehouse
Main Entry: business
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: company, enterprise
Synonyms: Mom and Pop, cartel, concern, corporation, establishment, factory, firm, fly-by-night operation, house, institution, market, megacorp, mill, monopoly, organization, outfit, partnership, setup, shoestring operation, shop, store, syndicate, trust, venture
Notes: the industry is the movie business and the business is the television industry
Example Sentences
  • How a four-hour clash in a walkway between factory dormitories unleashed national bloodshed.
  • One factory that hasn't headed overseas is education.
  • But there are perils when managers can no longer prowl through their own factory.
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Main Entry: dairy
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: producer of milk products
Synonyms: buttery, cow barn, creamery, dairy farm, factory, farm, pasteurizing plant
Main Entry: establishment
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: business, institution
Synonyms: abode, building, company, concern, corporation, enterprise, factory, firm, foundation, house, institute, office, organization, outfit, plant, quarters, residence, setup, structure, system, workplace
Main Entry: office
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: place of business
Synonyms: agency, building, bureau, cave*, center, department, facility, factory, foundry, room, salt mines, setup, shop, store, suite, warehouse, workstation
Antonyms: home
Main Entry: foundry
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: plant
Synonyms: factory, forge, shop
Main Entry: workshop
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: place for work
Synonyms: atelier, establishment, factory, laboratory, mill, plant, studio
Related Words
Main Entry: business
Part of Speech: noun
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Adjectives:
capital, employable, labor, overbudget, pink, undercapitalized, unemployable, up
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