factory

[ˈfæktri]

Definition:
1. A building or group of buildings where goods are made.
2. A plant consisting of buildings with facilities for manufacturing.

Use 'factory' in a sentence:

• 1. Automation meant the loss of many factory jobs.
• 2. The factory is now fully automated.
• 3. When the factory closes, it will mean 500 people losing their jobs.
• 4. The heat in the factory was unbearable.
• 5. He had worked on the factory floor for 16 years.
• 6. 200 workers were picketing the factory.
• 7. The factory fell into disuse twenty years ago.
• 8. Not all factory work has been masculinized.
• 9. The factory was turned over to the manufacture of aircraft parts.
• 10. The factory is no longer economically viable.
• 11. Many workers believe the factory is overstaffed.
• 12. These machines have lain idle since the factory closed.
• 13. Most of the factory was flattened by the explosion.
• 14. The factory is now a workers' cooperative.
• 15. The factory is in dire straits.
• 16. The factory is working at full capacity.
• 17. Thousands of factory workers are facing redundancy.
• 18. The factory is shedding a large number of jobs.
• 19. The residents didn't want a new factory in their backyard.
• 20. That old factory is a real eyesore!
• 21. The factory turns out 900 cars a week.
• 22. It's monotonous work, like most factory jobs.
• 23. Without education, these children will end up as factory fodder.
• 24. He's a factory supervisor or something.
• 25. How many factory workers are in danger of losing their jobs?
• 26. The smell of sawdust and glue pervaded the factory.
• 27. The material is machined in a factory.
• 28. We have had problems with the supply of raw materials to the factory.
• 29. The factory is surrounded by electric fencing.
• 30. They lodged a compensation claim against the factory.
• 31. A strike has shut the factory.
• 32. A crowd gathered at the factory gates.
• 33. Workers are fighting the decision to close the factory.
• 34. Japanese production methods have been transplanted into some British factories.
• 35. Jobs are at risk, not just on the factory floor but throughout the business.
• 36. Noise from the factory has reached an unacceptable level.
• 37. Factories were spreading outwards from the old heart of the town.
• 38. The factory was surrounded by barbed wire.
• 39. Two factories were closed in an attempt to cut costs.
• 40. Striking workers picketed the factory.
• 41. He owns a factory producing a range of textiles.
• 42. The closure of the factory is a retrograde step.
• 43. Only the concrete skeleton of the factory remained.
• 44. The government had failed to stem the tide of factory closures.
• 45. Gradually factory workers have been displaced by machines.
• 46. The factory is due to be demolished next year.
• 47. The factory closed its doors for the last time in 2002.
• 48. She lost her job when the factory closed, along with hundreds of others.
• 49. Many factories emptied their waste into the river.
• 50. The river has been polluted with toxic waste from local factories.
• 51. Waste water is pumped from the factory into a nearby river.
• 52. The closure of the factory is likely to cost 1 000 jobs.