manufacturing
English edit
Pronunciation edit
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌmænjəˈfækt͡ʃəɹɪŋ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌmænjʊˈfækt͡ʃəɹɪŋ/
- Hyphenation: man‧u‧fac‧tur‧ing
Noun edit
manufacturing (usually uncountable, plural manufacturings)
- The transformation of raw materials into finished products, usually on a large scale.
- The industry in which such products are made.
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
create goods from materials
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industry
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Adjective edit
manufacturing (not comparable)
- Used in manufacturing.
- 2006, Edwin Black, chapter 2, in Internal Combustion[1]:
- More than a mere source of Promethean sustenance to thwart the cold and cook one's meat, wood was quite simply mankind's first industrial and manufacturing fuel.
Translations edit
used in manufacturing
Verb edit
manufacturing
- present participle and gerund of manufacture