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.