manufacture
noun/ˌmænjuˈfæktʃə(r)/
/ˌmænjuˈfæktʃər/
- [uncountable] the process of producing goods in large quantities synonym mass production
- the manufacture of cars
- car/vehicle/steel/cloth manufacture
- What is the date of manufacture?
Extra ExamplesTopics Businessb2- The date of manufacture of the jewellery has not been established.
- They commenced large-scale commercial manufacture of the chairs in January.
- cotton ropes of local manufacture
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- local
- metal
- steel
- …
- costs of manufacture
- date of manufacture
- the method of manufacture
- …
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- manufactures[plural] (specialist) manufactured goods
- a major importer of cotton manufactures
Word Originmid 16th cent. (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 cent.
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