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noun ADJ. large | small | modern | disused | aircraft, car, chemical, clothing, munitions, etc. VERB + FACTORY open, set up capital to set up a ceramics factory | close (down), shut (down) They had to close the factory down in the recession. | manage, run FACTORY + VERB make sth, produce sth | open | close (down), shut (down) The factory closed down ten years ago. FACTORY + NOUN manager, owner, worker | job, production, work | buildings | closure PREP. at/in ~ He works in a shoe factory.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
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factory
a building or group of buildings in which goods are produced in large quantities, using machines:
• She works in a chocolate factory. • a clothing factory
plant
a large factory where cars, chemicals, or energy is produced:
• Local residents are protesting about the new nuclear power plant. • a car plant • a nuclear power plant
facility
a factory. Facility is often used instead of factory in business English:
• The new production facility is one of the most up-to-date in the area.
works
used in the following compounds to describe a factory that produces a particular thing:
• a steelworks/ironworks/brickworks/a chemical/cement works/a printing works
mill
a factory that produces paper, cotton, or cloth:
• a paper mill • The textile mill has been converted into luxury flats.
shipyard
a place where ships are built or repaired:
• The vessel was built in the Kobe shipyard.
foundry
a factory where metal is made into things using mould s:
• Mandela’s statue was cast here in a local foundry.
sweatshop
disapproving a small factory where people work hard in bad conditions for very little money:
• The company was fined for selling goods produced in sweatshops.
Longman-Thesaurus
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factory
NOUN + factory
a car/textile/shoe etc factory
• There is a large car factory where many of the local people work.
factory + NOUN
a factory worker
• The factory workers are threatening to go on strike.
a factory owner
• The factory owner placed a large order for some new equipment.
a factory manager
• He held the position of factory manager.
a factory inspector
(= an official whose job is to check that laws or rules related to factories are being obeyed )
• Factory inspectors reported that safety precautions had been ignored.
the factory gates
(= the entrance to a factory )
• A crowd of protesters had gathered outside the factory gates.
verbs
open a factory
• The company has just opened a new factory in Swindon.
close/shut (down) a factory
• The factory was closed down in 2006.
work in a factory
• Donna works in a shoe factory.
a factory produces/makes something
• The factory produces an incredible 100 cars per hour.
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