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.

Example Sentences

In some cases, though, companies will be able to absorb tariffs or higher production costs if shifting manufacturing locations.

From Salon

"There are about 4,000 tons of lead-based electronic waste generated from these sensors every year, and this research has the potential to remove this waste from the manufacturing process."

From Science Daily

By World War II, even as scientists were manufacturing gallons of phages to combat cholera, dysentery, and gangrene in Stalingrad and Leningrad, much the West had given up on phages.

From Salon

Many of the rubber inflatable boats used to smuggle migrants across the Channel are manufactured in Turkey and transported over this very border.

From BBC

"The process is called sintering, which aggregates fine particles together into a more solid state. It is similar to powder metallurgy in the manufacturing of ceramics," continues Tsumori.

From Science Daily

Related Words

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