Factory : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Factory	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Factory
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
factory n a plant consisting of one or more buildings with facilities for manufacturing Synonym(s): factory, mill, manufacturing plant, manufactory
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Factory \Fac"tory\, n.; pl. {Factories} (-r[?]z). [Cf. F. factorerie.] 1. A house or place where factors, or commercial agents, reside, to transact business for their employers. [bd]The Company's factory* at Madras.[b8] --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. {Factory leg} (Med.), a variety of bandy leg, associated with partial dislocation of the tibia, produced in young children by working in factories.