v., -tured, -tur·ing, -tures. v.tr.
- To make or process (a raw material) into a finished product, especially by means of a large-scale industrial operation.
- To make or process (a product), especially with the use of industrial machines.
- To create, produce, or turn out in a mechanical manner: “His books seem to have been manufactured rather than composed” (Dwight Macdonald).
- To concoct or invent; fabricate: manufacture an excuse.
To make or process goods, especially in large quantities and by means of industrial machines.
n.- The act, craft, or process of manufacturing products, especially on a large scale.
- An industry in which mechanical power and machinery are employed.
- A product that is manufactured.
- The making or producing of something.
[From French, manufacture, from Old French, from Medieval Latin *manūfactūra : Latin manū, ablative of manus, hand + Latin factūra, working of a metal, from factus, past participle of facere, to make.]
manufacturable man'u·fac'tur·a·ble adj.manufactural man'u·fac'tur·al adj.
manufacturing man'u·fac'tur·ing n.







