Definition of "manufacture" []

• To make or process (a raw material) into a finished product, especially by means of a large-scale industrial operation. (verb-transitive)
• To make or process (a product), especially with the use of industrial machines. (verb-transitive)
• To create, produce, or turn out in a mechanical manner: "His books seem to have been manufactured rather than composed” ( Dwight Macdonald). (verb-transitive)
• To concoct or invent; fabricate: manufacture an excuse. (verb-transitive)
• To make or process goods, especially in large quantities and by means of industrial machines. (verb-intransitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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