"manufacture" in the noun sense
1. industry, manufacture
the organized action of making of goods and services for sale
"American industry is making increased use of computers to control production"
2. fabrication, manufacture, manufacturing
the act of making something (a product) from raw materials
"the synthesis and fabrication of single crystals"
"an improvement in the manufacture of explosives"
"manufacturing is vital to Great Britain"
"manufacture" in the verb sense
1. manufacture, fabricate, construct
put together out of artificial or natural components or parts
"the company fabricates plastic chairs"
"They manufacture small toys"
"He manufactured a popular cereal"
2. fabricate, manufacture, cook up, make up, invent
concoct something artificial or untrue
3. manufacture
produce naturally
"this gland manufactures a specific substance only"
4. manufacture
create or produce in a mechanical way
"This novelist has been manufacturing his books following his initial success"
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