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works

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These are all words for buildings or places where things are made or where industrial processes take place.

factory a building or group of buildings where goods are made:a chocolate/cigarette/clothing factory
plant a factory or place where power is produced or an industrial process takes place:a nuclear power plant a manufacturing plant a bottling plant
mill a factory that produces a particular type of material:a steel/cotton/paper/textile/woolen mill
works (often in compounds) a place where things are made or an industrial process takes place:a brickworks a steelworks Raw materials were carried to the works by rail.
yard (usually in compounds) an area of land used for building something:a shipyard
workshop/shop a room or building in which things are made or repaired using tools or machinery:a car repair shop a sheet metal workshop
foundry a factory where metal or glass is melted and made into different shapes or objects:an iron foundry

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Thesaurusfactory

These are all words for buildings or places where things are made or where industrial processes take place.

factory a building or group of buildings where goods are made:a chocolate/cigarette/clothing factory
plant a factory or place where power is produced or an industrial process takes place:a nuclear power plant a manufacturing plant a bottling plant
mill a factory that produces a particular type of material:a steel/cotton/paper/textile/woolen mill
works (often in compounds) a place where things are made or an industrial process takes place:a brickworks a steelworks Raw materials were carried to the works by rail.
yard (usually in compounds) an area of land used for building something:a shipyard
workshop/shop a room or building in which things are made or repaired using tools or machinery:a car repair shop a sheet metal workshop
foundry a factory where metal or glass is melted and made into different shapes or objects:an iron foundry

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