manufacture

[ man-yuh-fak-cher, man-uh- ]

noun

1. the making of goods or wares by manual labor or by machinery, especially on a large scale:

   the manufacture of television sets.

2. the making or producing of anything; generation:

   the manufacture of body cells.

3. the thing or material manufactured; product:

   Plastic is an important manufacture.

verb (used with object)

, man·u·fac·tured, man·u·fac·tur·ing.

1. to make or produce by hand or machinery, especially on a large scale.

   Synonyms: build

2. to work up (material) into form for use:

   to manufacture cotton.

3. to invent fictitiously; fabricate; concoct:

   to manufacture an account of the incident.

4. to produce in a mechanical way without inspiration or originality:

   to manufacture a daily quota of poetry.

manufacture

/ ˌmænjʊˈfæktʃə /

verb

1. to process or make (a product) from a raw material, esp as a large-scale operation using machinery
2. tr to invent or concoct

   to manufacture an excuse

noun

1. the production of goods, esp by industrial processes
2. a manufactured product
3. the creation or production of anything

Derived Forms

• ˌmanuˈfacturing, nounadjective
• ˌmanuˈfacturable, adjective

Other Words From

• man·u·fac·tur·a·ble adjective
• man·u·fac·tur·al adjective
• non·man·u·fac·ture noun
• non·man·u·fac·tured adjective
• non·man·u·fac·tur·ing noun
• pre·man·u·fac·ture verb (used with object) premanufactured premanufacturing
• sem·i·man·u·fac·tured adjective
• sem·i·man·u·fac·tur·ing noun
• un·man·u·fac·tur·a·ble adjective
• un·man·u·fac·tured adjective
• well-man·u·fac·tured adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of manufacture¹

First recorded in 1560–70; from Middle French manufacture “the action or process of making; a factory,” equivalent to Latin manū “by hand”, ablative singular of manus “hand” + Middle French facture “making, construction” (from Late Latin factūra “action of creating, a creation, piece of handiwork,” from Latin factūra “act of fashioning; metal working,” a derivative of facere “to make, do”); the verb is derivative of the noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of manufacture¹

C16: from obsolete manufact hand-made, from Late Latin manūfactus, from Latin manus hand + facere to make

Synonym Study

Manufacture, assemble, fabricate apply to processes in industry. Manufacture, originally to make by hand, now means to make by machine or by industrial process: to manufacture rubber tires. To assemble is to fit together the manufactured parts of something mechanical: to assemble an automobile. To fabricate is to construct or build by fitting standardized parts together: to fabricate houses. make ¹.

Related Words

• assemble
• complete
• construct
• create
• fabricate
• mass-produce
• synthesize