"manufacture" meaning in English

See manufacture in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˌmænjuˈfækt͡ʃɚ/ [US], /ˌmanjʊˈfaktʃə/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-manufacture.wav [UK] Forms: manufacture [singular], [plural]
Head templates: {{noun4}} [POS TABLE]
  1. Manufacture is the process of making something.
    Sense id: simple-manufacture-en-noun-cm9ija0H

Verb

IPA: /ˌmænjuˈfækt͡ʃɚ/ [US], /ˌmanjʊˈfaktʃə/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-manufacture.wav [UK] Forms: manufacture [canonical], manufactures [third-person, singular], manufactured [past], manufactured [past, participle], manufacturing [present, participle]
Head templates: {{verb|manufactur|e}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you manufacture something, you make it, usually in a factory. Synonyms: fabricate
    Sense id: simple-manufacture-en-verb-Aax~Xx8O
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