factory

Other forms of factory

plural

factories·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about factory

What does factory mean?

factory means "a plant consisting of one or more buildings with facilities for manufacturing".

How many syllables are in factory?

factory has 3 syllables: fac-to-ry. The stress falls on "fac". In IPA it is /ˈfæktɚi/.

What is another word for factory?

Close synonyms include mill, manufacturing plant, manufactory. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is factory a common word?

factory is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with factory?

1 word rhymes with factory. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.