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      factory
      noun
      A building or other place where manufacturing takes place.
      A device or process that produces or manufactures something.
      (programming) In a computer program or library, a function, method, etc. which creates an object.
      (attributive) The original state of an electronic device, as it was when it came from the manufacturer.
      (UK, slang) A police station.
      A factory farm.
      (chiefly Scotland, now rare) The position or state of being a factor.
      (historical) A trading establishment, especially set up by merchants working in a foreign country.
      adjective
      (colloquial, of a configuration, part, etc.) Having come from the factory in the state it is currently in; original, stock.
      Roots
      faciofact- · Latin · make, do
      Synonyms for factory
      manufactorynmillncannerynplantnrefinerynshipyardnsawmillntannerynworksnbrickyardn
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