manufacture
Nouns
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(n) the organized action of making of goods and services for sale
- American industry is making increased use of computers to control production
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(n) 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
Verbs
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(v) put together out of artificial or natural components or parts
- the company fabricates plastic chairs
- They manufacture small toys"; He manufactured a popular cereal
- (v) make up something artificial or untrue cook up, fabricate, invent, make up,
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(v) produce naturally
- this gland manufactures a specific substance only
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(v) create or produce in a mechanical way
- This novelist has been manufacturing his books following his initial success