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Manufacture   /mˌænjəfˈæktʃər/   Listen
Manufacture

noun
1.
The organized action of making of goods and services for sale.  Synonym: industry.
2.
The act of making something (a product) from raw materials.  Synonyms: fabrication, manufacturing.  "An improvement in the manufacture of explosives" , "Manufacturing is vital to Great Britain"
verb
(past & past part. manufactured; pres. part. manufacturing)
1.
Put together out of artificial or natural components or parts.  Synonyms: construct, fabricate.  "They manufacture small toys" , "He manufactured a popular cereal"
2.
Make up something artificial or untrue.  Synonyms: cook up, fabricate, invent, make up.
3.
Produce naturally.
4.
Create or produce in a mechanical way.



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"Manufacture" Quotes from Famous Books



... abundance of raw materials for this purpose, such as flax, wool, hemp, skins, and metals, which might give employment to a flourishing manufacturing industry, it is still in a languid condition. The inhabitants however manufacture ponchos, stockings, carpets, blankets, skin-coats, saddles, hats, and other small articles, chiefly for the use of the poorer people, as those used by the middle and higher ranks are from the manufactures of Europe. ...
— A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Vol. 5 • Robert Kerr

... three isomers were distinguishable from one another neither in physical nor in tannoid properties. It is hence possible to employ crude cresol, which contains varying quantities of the o-, m-, and p-compounds, in the manufacture of these tanning matters. [Footnote: Gen ...
— Synthetic Tannins • Georg Grasser

... manufacture of china, especially a table, with views of all the royal palaces, and a vase six feet and a half ...
— The Life And Letters Of Maria Edgeworth, Vol. 1 • Maria Edgeworth

... yours produces enough for you to live well upon; and I am amazed, that during the long time you have worked at your trade, you have not saved enough to lay in a good stock of hemp to extend your manufacture and employ more hands, by the profit of whose work you would ...
— The Arabian Nights Entertainments Complete • Anonymous

... area was completely enclosed by the costly gold-woven tapestry of which the manufacture had been, as we have stated, introduced and encouraged by the King, and had in its centre a square space, thirty feet in extent, surrounded by barriers, and similarly hung and carpeted with tapestry. In the front of this enclosure stood an altar ...
— The Life of Marie de Medicis, Vol. 1 (of 3) • Julia Pardoe


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