GDict

manufacturing

.mænju'fæktʃәriŋ9 senses · 286 ms
Level B1Oxford 3000
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noun/ˌmænjʊˈfækt͡ʃəɹɪŋ//ˌmænjəˈfækt͡ʃəɹɪŋ/[ˌmɛənjəˈfækt͡ʃəɹɪŋ]
  1. 1

    The transformation of raw materials into finished products, usually on a large scale.uncountableusually

  2. 2

    The industry in which such products are made.uncountableusually

adj/ˌmænjʊˈfækt͡ʃəɹɪŋ//ˌmænjəˈfækt͡ʃəɹɪŋ/[ˌmɛənjəˈfækt͡ʃəɹɪŋ]
  1. 1

    Used in manufacturing.not-comparable

    • More than a mere source of Promethean sustenance to thwart the cold and cook one's meat, wood was quite simply mankind's first industrial and manufacturing fuel.
verb/ˌmænjʊˈfækt͡ʃəɹɪŋ//ˌmænjəˈfækt͡ʃəɹɪŋ/[ˌmɛənjəˈfækt͡ʃəɹɪŋ]
  1. 1

    present participle and gerund of manufactureform-ofgerundparticiple

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