| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | fac·to·ry |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  f k t -r |
| NOUN: | Inflected forms: pl. fac·to·ries
1a. A building or group of buildings in which goods are manufactured; a plant. b. A vessel in which newly caught seafood is prepared for shipment and sale: a floating fish factory. 2. A business establishment for commercial agents or factors in a foreign country. 3. The source of prolific production: a rock group that was a hit-tune factory; a motel that served as an illegal drug factory. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Late Latin fact ria, oil press, mill, and Medieval Latin factria, establishment for factors, both from Latin factor, factor. See factor.
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