manufacture
UK /ˌmanjʊˈfaktʃə/ · US /ˌmænjuˈfækt͡ʃɚ/ noun, verb
Forms manufactures manufacturing manufactured
- noun The action or process of making goods systematically or on a large scale.
- noun Anything made, formed or produced; product.
- noun (figuratively) The process of such production; generation, creation.
- noun (horology) A watch manufacturer that makes its own parts, rather than assembling watches from parts obtained from other firms.
- verb To make things, usually on a large scale, with tools and either physical labor or machinery.
- verb (transitive) To work (raw or partly wrought materials) into suitable forms for use. “to manufacture wool into blankets”
- verb (derogatory) To fabricate; to create false evidence to support a point. “The collegian keeps manufacturing new excuses for their tardiness.”
Synonyms
industry fabrication manufacturing fabricate construct cook up make up invent
Etymology
From Middle French manufacture, from Old French, from Medieval Latin manūfactūra (“a making by hand”), from manūfactus, a compound of manū factus, manū being ablative of manus (“hand”), and factus past participle of faciō (“to do, make”).
Webster’s 1913
- noun The operation of making wares or any products by hand, by machinery, or by other agency.
- noun Anything made from raw materials by the hand, by machinery, or by art, as cloths, iron utensils, shoes, machinery, saddlery, etc.
- verb To make (wares or other products) by hand, by machinery, or by other agency; as, to manufacture cloth, nails, glass, etc.
- verb To work, as raw or partly wrought materials, into suitable forms for use; as, to manufacture wool, cotton, silk, or iron.
Etymology [L. manus the hand + factura a making, fr. facere to make: cf. F. manufacture. See Manual, and Fact.]
Etymology [Cf. F. manufacturer.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “manufacture”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details