factory /ˈfæk.tə.ɹi/noun 9adjective 1forms 1phrases 3 noun9 •a large building where people use machines to make goodsHistory has shown that, even without cheap labor, factories run perfectly well. •A factory farm. •[before a noun] The original state of an electronic device, as it was when it came from the manufacturer. •A device or process that produces or manufactures something.Radio became a star factory for journalists. — 2009 •In a computer program or library, a function, method, etc. which creates an object.The task factory […] is the object that is responsible for creating instances of those tasks dynamically. — 2010 •(historical) A trading establishment, especially set up by merchants working in a foreign country.We had here his curate, Mr. Furley, who had been nine years chaplain to the English factory at St. Petersburg […] . — 1792 •(UK, slang) A police station. •(Scotland, no longer used) The position or state of being a factor. •(no longer used) An invoice or inventory.What Sterl. is Mr. Lawson to charge himself with, on Account of this Factory, […] — 1720 adjective1 •(informal) Having come from the factory in the state it is currently in; original, stock.See how there's another layer of metal there? That's not factory. formsfactories Phrases with factory get to the fireworks factoryTo reach the most interesting, eventful or important part of a storyline. poop factoryAn infant. send to the glue factoryTo kill, usually a horse.
