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manufactory

[man-yuh-fak-tuh-ree] / ˌmæn jəˈfæk tə ri /


NOUN
mill
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A floral Iznik ceramic plate inspires its counterpart from the Minton manufactory in Staffordshire, England.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026

He created the 11 porcelain disks at France’s famed Sèvres manufactory, and they have never been shown publicly before.

From New York Times ● Apr. 27, 2022

Visiting a watch manufactory is a soothing experience during chaotic times, and the painfully slow assembly of these beautiful objects may well fall under the heading of “God’s work.”

From The New Yorker ● Mar. 13, 2017

The tax likely will top the agenda when Mr. Trump meets Thursday with executives from top U.S. manufactory firms.

From Washington Times ● Feb. 22, 2017

With Minton and Copeland must be associated the names of Messrs. Brown-Westhead, of Caulden Place; and outside Staffordshire, the Coalport works and the Royal manufactory at Worcester.

From British Manufacturing Industries Pottery, Glass and Silicates, Furniture and Woodwork. by L. Arnoux

In August 1865 James wrote a letter to the Congregationalist urging Northerners to come South “to purchase lands, open stores, start manufactories, or newspapers, or schools, or churches” for the betterment of the country.

From Slate ● Nov. 8, 2017

Hanging in the middle of these drawings are gilded frames holding Bronstein’s watercolors of then-popular porcelain manufactories.

From Architectural Digest ● Apr. 16, 2015

"The erection of manufactories in the Colonies tends to lessen their dependence on Great Britain," reads a House of Commons resolution.

From Time Magazine Archive

Several thousand sightseers and several score actual plane purchasers each day could comfortably inspect 104 plane models, exhibited by 44 oldtime and 16 freshly organized manufactories.

From Time Magazine Archive

She had seen forges, ironworks, manufactories in her own world; the biggest seemed like a village smithy beside this.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman




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