manufacture
Plural: manufactures
Noun
- the organized action of making of goods and services for sale
- the act of making something (a product) from raw materials
- "an improvement in the manufacture of explosives"
- The action or process of making goods systematically or on a large scale.
- Anything made, formed or produced; product.
- The process of such production; generation, creation.
- A watch manufacturer that makes its own parts, rather than assembling watches from parts obtained from other firms.
Verb
- put together out of artificial or natural components or parts; ; ; He manufactured a popular cereal"
- "They manufacture small toys"
- make up something artificial or untrue
- produce naturally
- "this gland manufactures a specific substance only"
- create or produce in a mechanical way
- To make things, usually on a large scale, with tools and either physical labor or machinery.
- To work (raw or partly wrought materials) into suitable forms for use.
- To fabricate; to create false evidence to support a point.
Examples
- The collegian keeps manufacturing new excuses for their tardiness.
- to manufacture wool into blankets
Origin / Etymology
From Middle French manufacture, from Old French, from Medieval Latin manūfactūra (“a making by hand”), from manūfactus, a compound of manū factus, manū being ablative of manus (“hand”), and factus past participle of faciō (“I do, make”).
Compare manual, facture.
Synonyms
construct, cook up, fabricate, fabrication, industry, invent, make up, manufacturing
Scrabble Score: 18
manufacture: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordmanufacture: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
manufacture: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary