factory Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a plant consisting of one or more buildings with facilities for manufacturing
    mill; manufactory; manufacturing plant.

WordNet

Fac"to*ry noun
Etymology
Cf. F. factorerie.
Wordforms
plural Factories
Definitions
  1. A house or place where factors, or commercial agents, reside, to transact business for their employers. "The Company's factory at Madras." Burke.
  2. The body of factors in any place; as, a chaplain to a British factory. W. Guthrie.
  3. A building, or collection of buildings, appropriated to the manufacture of goods; the place where workmen are employed in fabricating goods, wares, or utensils; a manufactory; as, a cotton factory.

Webster 1913