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Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary
factory
1 kinds of factory
2 making things in a factory
3 places and things in a factory
4 people who work in a factory
see also INDUSTRY, PROVIDE, MAKE, MACHINE
1 kinds of factory
- a building or a group of buildings where goods are produced or put together in large quantities: factory
This factory supplies most of the chips that are needed by the computer industry.
- a factory which produces certain materials used in industry: works
a steelworks ◎ a brickworks
- a large factory, producing electricity, cars, etc: plant
There's a huge car plant just outside the town.
- a factory that produces certain materials (for example paper and textiles): mill
a paper/cotton mill
- the activity of making things in a factory or in other large organizations: industry (noun C/U)
the steel/car industry
- connected with industry: industrial
industrial processes
- an area where there are a lot of factories: industrial estate
※ more on industry INDUSTRY
2 making things in a factory
- to make sth in a factory: make* sth, manufacture sth; a person or company that does this: manufacturer
Do you know what that factory makes? ◎ a car manufacturer
- the process of making things in a factory: production (noun U), manufacture (noun U)
We specialize in the manufacture of picture frames.
- a thing that is made in a factory: product
a range of products ◎ the quality of our products
- the amount of sth that is made in a factory: production (noun U)
With this new machine, we can now step up (= increase) production by 50%. ◎ We have to cut back on (= reduce) production of tyres, due to shortage of rubber.
- the making of large quantities of things which are all the same: mass production (noun U)
- to produce sth in large quantities: mass-produce sth; adjective: mass-produced
- a basic natural material that is used for making things in factories, etc: raw material (noun C/U)
a shortage of raw materials
※ the working day in a factory
- a period of time during which one group of workers works in a factory: shift
I'm doing an eight-hour shift tomorrow. ◎ the day/night shift
- a pause to relax during a shift: tea break
- to record the time that you arrive at work, by putting a card into a small machine with a clock: clock in/on; to record the time that you leave work: clock out/off
3 places and things in a factory
- the area of a factory where things are made: shop floor
- a series of machines which are placed in a factory so that a product is progressively put together: assembly line, production line
to work on an assembly line
- a belt which moves all the time, transporting articles and materials to different parts of the factory: conveyor belt
- a machine that can move, and that can be made to do some of the work that people do: robot
- a restaurant for the people who work in a factory, usually located inside the factory buildings: canteen
4 people who work in a factory
- a person who does manual work in a factory: (factory) worker
- an experienced worker who is in charge of other workers: foreman (plural foremen)
- a person who controls a factory or a business: manager
- the group of people who control a factory or business: management (with singular or plural verb)
talks between management and workers
- the total number of workers who work in a factory: workforce (with singular or plural verb)
We have a workforce of 300. ◎ a skilled workforce
※ more on management MANAGEMENT
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