Associations to the word «Manufactory»

Wiktionary

MANUFACTORY, noun. A manufacturing process; a particular industry or part of an industry. [from 17th c.]
MANUFACTORY, noun. A plant where something is manufactured; a factory. [from 17th c.]
MANUFACTORY, adjective. (obsolete) Relating to manufacture. [18th-19th c.]

Dictionary definition

MANUFACTORY, noun. A plant consisting of one or more buildings with facilities for manufacturing.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats