manufacture
NOUN:
1. the making of goods or wares by manual labor or by machinery, especially on a large scale:
the manufacture of television sets.
2. the making or producing of anything; generation:
the manufacture of body cells.
3. the thing or material manufactured; product:
Plastic is an important manufacture.
4. the production of goods, esp by industrial processes.
5. a manufactured product.
6. the creation or production of anything.
7. something made from raw materials by hand or by machinery:
imports most manufactures used by consumers —D. L. Cohn.
8. the process of making wares by hand or by machinery especially when carried on systematically with division of labor:
the manufacture of automobiles.
9. a productive industry using mechanical power and machinery.
10. the act or process of producing something:
the manufacture of blood goes on constantly in the human body —Morris Fishbein.
Examples:
materials used in the manufacture of cars; We're developing new methods of paper manufacture. —Merriam-Webster.
Origin:
1560–70; obsolete manufact (see manufactory) + -ure. British dictionary: C16: from obsolete manufact hand-made, from Late Latin manūfactus, from Latin manus hand + facere to make. —Dictionary.com. //
First Known Use of manufacture: Noun: 1567. Verb: 1648. History and Etymology for manufacture: Noun and Verb: Middle French, from Medieval Latin manufactura, from Latin manu factus, literally, made by hand. —Merriam-Webster.
Sources: 1, 2.
Added: 30 August 2020 {8:38 AM}
1. the making of goods or wares by manual labor or by machinery, especially on a large scale:
the manufacture of television sets.
2. the making or producing of anything; generation:
the manufacture of body cells.
3. the thing or material manufactured; product:
Plastic is an important manufacture.
4. the production of goods, esp by industrial processes.
5. a manufactured product.
6. the creation or production of anything.
7. something made from raw materials by hand or by machinery:
imports most manufactures used by consumers —D. L. Cohn.
8. the process of making wares by hand or by machinery especially when carried on systematically with division of labor:
the manufacture of automobiles.
9. a productive industry using mechanical power and machinery.
10. the act or process of producing something:
the manufacture of blood goes on constantly in the human body —Morris Fishbein.
Examples:
materials used in the manufacture of cars; We're developing new methods of paper manufacture. —Merriam-Webster.
Origin:
1560–70; obsolete manufact (see manufactory) + -ure. British dictionary: C16: from obsolete manufact hand-made, from Late Latin manūfactus, from Latin manus hand + facere to make. —Dictionary.com. //
First Known Use of manufacture: Noun: 1567. Verb: 1648. History and Etymology for manufacture: Noun and Verb: Middle French, from Medieval Latin manufactura, from Latin manu factus, literally, made by hand. —Merriam-Webster.
Sources: 1, 2.
Added: 30 August 2020 {8:38 AM}