verb, noun
verb [VN]
1 to make or produce goods in large quantities, using machinery:
manufactured goods
2 to invent a story, an excuse, etc:
a news story manufactured by an unscrupulous journalist
3 (technical) to produce a substance:
Vitamins cannot be manufactured by our bodies. * Plants use the sun's light to manufacture their food.
Part of speech: noun
1 [U] the process of producing goods in large quantities:
the manufacture of cars * What is the date of manufacture?
2 (manufactures) [pl.] (technical) manufactured goods:
a major importer of cotton manufactures
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In this entry, manufacture is tagged as noun.
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