1. Noun
The operation of making wares or any products by hand, by machinery, or by other agency.
2. Noun
Anything made from raw materials by the hand, by machinery, or by art, as cloths, iron utensils, shoes, machinery, saddlery, etc.
3. Verb
To make (wares or other products) by hand, by machinery, or by other agency; as, to manufacture cloth, nails, glass, etc.
4. Verb
To work, as raw or partly wrought materials, into suitable forms for use; as, to manufacture wool, cotton, silk, or iron.
5. Verb
To be employed in manufacturing something.
6. Noun
the organized action of making of goods and services for sale; "American industry is making increased use of computers to control production"
Vocabulary classified under Computing and technology
7. Noun
the act of making something (a product) from raw materials; "the synthesis and fabrication of single crystals"; "an improvement in the manufacture of explosives"; "manufacturing is vital to Great Britain"
Vocabulary classified under Engineering
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