- 1. n. A house or place where factors, or commercial agents, reside, to transact business for their employers. Source: opted
- 2. n. The body of factors in any place; as, a chaplain to a British factory. Source: opted
- 3. n. 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. Source: opted
- 4. n. a plant consisting of one or more buildings with facilities for manufacturing Source: wordnet
- 5. 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. Factory leg (Med.), a variety of bandy leg, associated with partial dislocation of the tibia, produced in young children by working in factories. Source: webster
- 6. n:100 n. a plant consisting of one or more buildings with facilities for manufacturing Source: ecdict
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