factur -
n. (pl. -ies)
1 a building or buildings containing
plant or
equipment for manu
facturing machinery or goods.
2 hist. a merchant company's
foreign trading station.
factory farm a farm employing factory farming. factory farming a system of rearing livestock using industrial or intensive methods. factory floor workers in industry as distinct from management. factory ship Brit. a fishing ship with facilities for immediate processing of the catch. [Port. feitoria and LL factorium]
