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   manufacture

   /ˌmanjʊˈfaktʃə/

   verb

   • 1. make (something) on a large scale using machinery: "firms who manufacture ball bearings" Similar makeproducemass producebuildconstructassembleput togethercreatefabricateprefabricateturn outprocessformfashionmodelmouldshapeforgeengineer
   • ▪ (of a living thing) produce (a substance) naturally: "most plants use the sun's light to manufacture their food through photosynthesis"
   • ▪ make or produce (something abstract) in a merely mechanical way: "Julia manufactured a smile" Similar makeproducemass producebuildconstructassembleput togethercreatefabricateprefabricateturn outprocessformfashionmodelmouldshapeforgeengineer
   • 2. invent (evidence or a story): "claims that the entire row had been manufactured by the press" Similar make upinventfabricateconcocthatchdream upthink uptrump updeviseformulateframecontriveconstructcoininformal:cook up

   noun

   • 1. the making of articles on a large scale using machinery: "the manufacture of armoured vehicles"
   • ▪ a specified branch of industry: "the porcelain manufacture for which France became justly renowned"
   • ▪ manufactured articles: "exports and imports of manufactures"

   Word Origin mid 16th century (as noun, denoting something made by hand): from French (re-formed by association with Latin manu factum ‘made by hand’), from Italian manifattura. The verb dates from the mid 17th century.

   Derivatives

   • 1. manufacturability noun
   • 2. manufacturable adjective

   Scrabble Points: 18

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   • English (US)

     MANUFACTURE meaning: 1. to produce goods in large numbers,...

   • Znaczenie Manufacture, Definicja W Cambridge English Dictionary

     MANUFACTURE definicja: 1. to produce goods in large numbers,...

   • Manufacture: Malay Translation

     MANUFACTURE translate: membuat, mencipta, pembuatan. Learn...

   • Certificate of Manufacture

     CERTIFICATE OF MANUFACTURE definition: 1. an official...

   • Manufacture in Thai

     MANUFACTURE translate: ผลิตด้วยเครื่องจักร, กุ,...

   • Manufacture in Japanese

     MANUFACTURE translate: 製造する～を, 製造（せいぞう）する, 製造（せいぞう）. Learn...

   • Portuguese Translation

     MANUFACTURE translate: fabricar, manufaturar, fabricação,...

   • Manufacture in French

     manufacture translate: fabriquer, fabrication [feminine],...

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   the making of goods or wares by manual labor or by machinery, especially on a large scale: the manufacture of television sets. the making or producing of anything; generation: the manufacture of body cells. the thing or material manufactured; product: Plastic is an important manufacture.

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