Meanings
nounmanufacturing (usually uncountable, plural manufacturings)
plural manufacturings
- uncountableusuallyThe transformation of raw materials into finished products, usually on a large scale.
- uncountableusuallyThe industry in which such products are made.
adjectivemanufacturing (not comparable)
- not comparableUsed in manufacturing.
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.
2006, Edwin Black, chapter 2, in Internal Combustion
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of manufacture
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe act of making something (a product) from raw materials
Similar
Broader
creating from raw materials
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Translations
Catalan fabricació
- fabricaciócreate goods from materials
Chinese Mandarin 製造 /制造, 製造業 /制造业
- 製造 /制造 (zhìzào)create goods from materials
- 製造業 /制造业 (zhìzàoyè)industry
- 製造的 /制造的 (zhìzào de)used in manufacturing
Finnish valmistus, teollisuus
- valmistuscreate goods from materials
- teollisuusindustry
- tuotannollinenused in manufacturing
- tuotanto-used in manufacturing
German Herstellung, Produktion
- Herstellungcreate goods from materials
- Produktioncreate goods from materials
Hebrew יִצּוּר
- יִצּוּרcreate goods from materials
Māori ahumahi, whakanaonga
- ahumahicreate goods from materials
- whakanaongacreate goods from materials
Portuguese manufatura, fabricação
- manufaturacreate goods from materials
- fabricaçãocreate goods from materials
- manufaturaindustry
Romanian fabricare
- fabricarecreate goods from materials
Russian произво́дство, изготовле́ние
- произво́дство (proizvódstvo)create goods from materials
- изготовле́ние (izgotovlénije)create goods from materials
Spanish fabricación, producción
- fabricacióncreate goods from materials
- produccióncreate goods from materials
- manufacturacióncreate goods from materials
- manufacturacreate goods from materials
- manufactureroused in manufacturing
Ukrainian виробни́цтво, ви́готовлення
- виробни́цтво (vyrobnýctvo)create goods from materials
- ви́готовлення (výhotovlennja)create goods from materials
Cite this entry
APA
manufacturing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/manufacturing
MLA
“manufacturing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/manufacturing. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “manufacturing,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/manufacturing.
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