Work and business / A2

FAKT-uh-ree/ˈfæktəri/

A factory is a building where goods are made, usually by machines: a car factory, work in a factory. Workshop is smaller and more hands-on; plant can mean a large industrial site. Factory worker is a set phrase. Manufacture is the related verb. Not a warehouse (storage) or an office.

Meaning

A building where goods are made, usually by machines.

Examples

• “He works in a clothing factory.”
• “The factory closes for two weeks in August.”
• “Plastic toys are made in this factory.”

Good to know

a + product + factory. work in a factory. Contrast: warehouse / workshop.

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