Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

manufactory

/manjʊˈfakt(ə)ɹi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.29 in modern English

Syllables: man-u-fac-to-ry
IPA: /manjʊˈfakt(ə)ɹi/

21

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A manufacturing process; a particular industry or part of an industry.

Archaic

noun

A plant where something is manufactured; a factory.

Archaic

adj

Relating to manufacture.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"The manufactory of sugar is generally in German hands."
"Smalt from the King of France's porcelain manufactory at Sevres fused into a mass, and resigned its colour."
"We have just changed horses at Birmingham where I was two years ago and we visited the manufactories which are very curious."
"The furnaces of the manufactory must be fed."
"Bradshaw is always ready to talk 'manufactories', and here he confides that the town [Basingstoke] "carried on a rather considerable business in druggets, which has since fallen off"."

Etymology

From Latin manūfactus + English -ory.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /manjʊˈfakt(ə)ɹi/
British English: /manjʊˈfakt(ə)ɹi/

Usage

Inflected Forms

manufactories (plural)

Synonyms

factory mill manufacturing plant

Rhymes With

factory satisfactory unsatisfactory olfactory refractory phylactery calefactory lactary charactery actory enactory

Questions

How do you pronounce manufactory?: The recorded pronunciation is /manjʊˈfakt(ə)ɹi/.
What does manufactory mean?: A manufacturing process; a particular industry or part of an industry.
Where does manufactory come from?: From Latin manūfactus + English -ory.

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