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manufacturing   (TTS Sound)

The noun manufacturing has 1 sense

• fabrication, manufacture, manufacturing -- (the act of making something (a product) from raw materials; "the synthesis and fabrication of single crystals"; "an improvement in the manufacture of explosives"; "manufacturing is vital to Great Britain")

The verb manufacture has 4 senses

• manufacture, fabricate, construct -- (put together out of artificial or natural components or parts; "the company fabricates plastic chairs"; "They manufacture small toys"; He manufactured a popular cereal")


• fabricate, manufacture, cook up, make up, invent -- (make up something artificial or untrue)


• manufacture -- (produce naturally; "this gland manufactures a specific substance only")


• manufacture -- (create or produce in a mechanical way; "This novelist has been manufacturing his books following his initial success")