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manufacturing

DEFINITIONS OF: manufacturing

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n the act of making something (a product) from raw materials

Synonyms:
fabrication, manufacture
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formation, shaping
the act of fabricating something in a particular shape
newspeak
deliberately ambiguous and contradictory language use to mislead and manipulate the public
prefabrication
the manufacture of sections of a building at the factory so they can be easily and rapidly assembled at the building site
filing
the act of using a file (as in shaping or smoothing an object)
forging
shaping metal by heating and hammering
metalwork, metalworking
the activity of making things out of metal in a skillful manner
granulation
the act of forming something into granules or grains
grooving, rifling
the cutting of spiral grooves on the inside of the barrel of a firearm
turning
the activity of shaping something on a lathe
Type of:
creating from raw materials
the act of creating something that is different from the materials that went into it
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