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manufactory
/ˌmænjəˈfæktəri/ noun [C] (plural manufactories)Definition
› PRODUCTION a word used in the past for a factory, sometimes still used in the names of companies: The Soho Manufactory was an early factory which pioneered mass production on the assembly line principle.
(Definition of manufactory noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary
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