manufacturing

Meanings

Plural: manufacturings

Noun

• the act of making something (a product) from raw materials
  • "manufacturing is vital to Great Britain"
• The transformation of raw materials into finished products, usually on a large scale.
• The industry in which such products are made.

Verb

• put together out of artificial or natural components or parts; ; ; He manufactured a popular cereal"
• make up something artificial or untrue
• produce naturally
• create or produce in a mechanical way
  • "This novelist has been manufacturing his books following his initial success"
• present participle and gerund of manufacture

Adj

• Used in manufacturing.

Synonyms

construct, cook up, fabricate, fabrication, invent, make up, manufacture