manufacture

manufacture is a 11-letter English word with 11 senses as noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The operation of making wares or any products by hand, by machinery, or by other agency. Face value is 18 in Scrabble and 23 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

11 letters · Scrabble 18 · Words With Friends 23 · 11 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The operation of making wares or any products by hand, by machinery, or by other agency.
2. noun. Anything made from raw materials by the hand, by machinery, or by art, as cloths, iron utensils, shoes, machinery, saddlery, etc.
3. transitive verb. To make (wares or other products) by hand, by machinery, or by other agency; as, to manufacture cloth, nails, glass, etc.
4. transitive verb. To work, as raw or partly wrought materials, into suitable forms for use; as, to manufacture wool, cotton, silk, or iron.
5. intransitive verb. To be employed in manufacturing something.
6. noun. the organized action of making of goods and services for sale

   "American industry is making increased use of computers to control production"

   Synonyms: industry

7. noun. the act of making something (a product) from raw materials

   "the synthesis and fabrication of single crystals"

   "an improvement in the manufacture of explosives"

   Synonyms: fabrication, manufacturing

8. verb. make up something artificial or untrue

   Synonyms: fabricate, invent

9. verb. put together out of artificial or natural components or parts; He manufactured a popular cereal"

   "the company fabricates plastic chairs"

   "They manufacture small toys"

   Synonyms: construct, fabricate

10. verb. create or produce in a mechanical way

    "This novelist has been manufacturing his books following his initial success"

11. verb. produce naturally

    "this gland manufactures a specific substance only"

Synonyms

industry, fabrication, manufacturing, fabricate, invent, construct

Common word forms

manufactured, manufacturer, manufactures, manufacturing

Words from these letters

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