From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:
factory
n : a plant consisting of buildings with facilities for
manufacturing [syn: mill, manufacturing plant,
manufactory]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Factory \Fac"to*ry\, n.; pl. Factories (-r[i^]z). [Cf. F.
factorerie.]
1. A house or place where factors, or commercial agents,
reside, to transact business for their employers. "The
Company's factory at Madras." --Burke.
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2. The body of factors in any place; as, a chaplain to a
British factory. --W. Guthrie.
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3. A building, or collection of buildings, appropriated to
the manufacture of goods; the place where workmen are
employed in fabricating goods, wares, or utensils; a
manufactory; as, a cotton factory.
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Factory leg (Med.), a variety of bandy leg, associated with
partial dislocation of the tibia, produced in young
children by working in factories.
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