manufacturing

noun, adj — 3 senses

manufacturing

noun

UK /ˌmænjʊˈfækt͡ʃəɹɪŋ/ · CA, US /ˌmænjəˈfækt͡ʃəɹɪŋ/

1

Usually The transformation of raw materials into finished products, usually on a large scale.

2

Usually The industry in which such products are made.

Derived terms: additive manufacturing, antimanufacturing, biomanufacturing, discrete manufacturing, micromanufacturing, nanomanufacturing, nonmanufacturing, process manufacturing

manufacturing

adj

1

Used in manufacturing.

More than a mere source of Promethean sustenance to thwart the cold and cook one's meat, wood was quite simply mankind's first industrial and manufacturing fuel.2006, Edwin Black, chapter 2, in Internal Combustion:

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