manufacturing
The transformation of raw materials into finished products, usually on a large scale.
Other meanings
The industry in which such products are made.
Related words
- antimanufacturing
- biomanufacturing
- micromanufacturing
- nanomanufacturing
- nonmanufacturing
- additive manufacturing
- discrete manufacturing
- process manufacturing
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This definition is adapted from “manufacturing” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.