product
Other forms: products
When you start making something, the result is a product. Most products are offered for sale, like dairy products at the grocery store or kitchen products at Macy's.
The word product is often a synonym for "merchandise" — the stuff for sale on the racks and shelves at a store. But a product can also simply be the result or consequence of someone's efforts or a set of circumstances. A good report card is the product of hard work. You are the product of your parent's relationship. And an aging hippie who still wears bell bottoms may be described as a product of the sixties.
Definitions of product
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an artifact that has been created by someone or some process“they improve their product every year”
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synonyms:
production
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book, volume
physical objects consisting of a number of pages bound together
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book
a number of sheets (ticket or stamps etc.) bound together on one edge
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by-product, byproduct, spin-off
a product made during the manufacture of something else
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deliverable
something that can be provided as the product of development
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end product, output
final product; the things produced
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brainchild, inspiration
a product of your creative thinking and work
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job
an object worked on; a result produced by working
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magazine
product consisting of a paperback periodic publication as a physical object
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newspaper, paper
the physical object that is the product of a newspaper publisher
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output, outturn, turnout
what is produced in a given time period
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turnery
products made on a lathe
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piece of work, work
a product produced or accomplished through the effort or activity or agency of a person or thing
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fruit, yield
an amount of a product
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film, flick, motion picture, motion-picture show, movie, moving picture, moving-picture show, pic, picture, picture show
a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement
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album
a book of blank pages with pockets or envelopes; for organizing photographs or stamp collections etc
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coffee-table book
an elaborate oversize book suitable for displaying on a coffee table
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crop
the output of something in a season
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folio
a book (or manuscript) consisting of large sheets of paper folded in the middle to make two leaves or four pages
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follow-up, followup
a piece of work that exploits or builds on earlier work
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handcraft, handicraft, handiwork, handwork
a work produced by hand labor
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hardback, hardcover
a book with cardboard or cloth or leather covers
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ironwork
work made of iron (gratings or rails or railings etc)
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journal
a record book as a physical object
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lacework
work consisting of (or resembling) lace fabric
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lacquerware
a decorative work made of wood and covered with lacquer and often inlaid with ivory or precious metals
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leatherwork
work made of leather
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chef-d'oeuvre, masterpiece
the most outstanding work of a creative artist or craftsman
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metalwork
the metal parts of something
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novel
a printed and bound book that is an extended work of fiction
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body of work, oeuvre, work
the total output of a writer or artist (or a substantial part of it)
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openwork
ornamental work (such as embroidery or latticework) having a pattern of openings
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order book
a book in which customers' orders are entered; usually makes multiple copies of the order
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paper-back book, paperback, paperback book, soft-cover, soft-cover book, softback, softback book
a book with paper covers
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picture book
a book consisting chiefly of pictures
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polychrome
a piece of work composed of or decorated in many colors
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silverwork
decorative work made of silver
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sketch block, sketch pad, sketchbook
a book containing sheets of paper on which sketches can be drawn
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throughput
output relative to input; the amount passing through a system from input to output (especially of a computer program over a period of time)
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turning
the end-product created by shaping something on a lathe
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caning, wicker, wickerwork
work made of interlaced slender branches (especially willow branches)
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woodwork
work made of wood; especially moldings or stairways or furniture
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work in progress
a piece of work that is not yet finished
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workpiece
work consisting of a piece of metal being machined
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notebook
a book with blank pages for recording notes or memoranda
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publication
a copy of a printed work offered for distribution
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telefilm
a movie that is made to be shown on television
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feature, feature film
the principal (full-length) film in a program at a movie theater
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final cut
the final edited version of a movie as approved by the director and producer
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home movie
a film made at home by an amateur photographer
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collage film
a movie that juxtaposes different kinds of footage
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coming attraction
a movie that is advertised to draw customers
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shoot-'em-up
a movie featuring shooting and violence
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short subject
a brief film; often shown prior to showing the feature
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docudrama, documentary, documentary film, infotainment
a film or TV program presenting the facts about a person or event
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cinema verite
a movie that shows ordinary people in actual activities without being controlled by a director
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film noir
a movie that is marked by a mood of pessimism, fatalism, menace, and cynical characters
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skin flick
a pornographic movie
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rough cut
the first print of a movie after preliminary editing
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silent movie, silent picture, silents
a movie without a soundtrack
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slow motion
a movie that apparently takes place at a slower than normal speed; achieved by taking the film at a faster rate
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talkie, talking picture
a movie with synchronized speech and singing
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3-D, 3D, three-D
a movie with images having three dimensional form or appearance
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musical, musical comedy, musical theater
a play or film whose action and dialogue is interspersed with singing and dancing
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type of:
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creation
an artifact that has been brought into existence by someone
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commodities offered for sale“that store offers a variety of products”
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synonyms:
merchandise, ware
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cargo, consignment, freight, lading, load, loading, payload, shipment
goods carried by a large vehicle
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contraband
goods whose importation or exportation or possession is prohibited by law
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feature
an article of merchandise that is displayed or advertised more than other articles
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generic
any product that can be sold without a brand name
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ironmongery
the merchandise that is sold in an ironmonger's shop
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irregular, second
merchandise that has imperfections; usually sold at a reduced price without the brand name
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business line, line, line of business, line of merchandise, line of products, product line
a particular kind of product or merchandise
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number
an item of merchandise offered for sale
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refill
a commercial product that refills a container with its appropriate contents
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release
merchandise issued for sale or public showing (especially a record or film)
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dreck, schlock, shlock
merchandise that is shoddy or inferior
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software package, software product
merchandise consisting of a computer program that is offered for sale
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inventory, stock
the merchandise that a shop has on hand
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top of the line
the best (most expensive) in a given line of merchandise
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piece goods, yard goods
merchandise in the form of fabrics sold by the yard
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drawing card, leader, loss leader
a featured article of merchandise sold at a loss in order to draw customers
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generic drug
when the patent protection for a brand-name drug expires generic versions of the drug can be offered for sale if the FDA agrees
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sideline
an auxiliary line of merchandise
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type of:
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commodity, good, trade good
articles of commerce
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a consequence of someone's efforts or of a particular set of circumstances
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a chemical substance formed as a result of a chemical reaction“a product of lime and nitric acid”
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types:
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hydrolysate
a product of hydrolysis
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filtrate
the product of filtration; a gas or liquid that has been passed through a filter
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percolate
the product of percolation
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chemical, chemical substance
material produced by or used in a reaction involving changes in atoms or molecules
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hydrolysate
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a quantity obtained by multiplication“the product of 2 and 3 is 6”
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synonyms:
mathematical product
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factorial
the product of all the integers up to and including a given integer
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multiple
the product of a quantity by an integer
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double
a quantity that is twice as great as another
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triple
a quantity that is three times as great as another
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quadruple
a quantity that is four times as great as another
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lcm, least common multiple, lowest common multiple
the smallest multiple that is exactly divisible by every member of a set of numbers
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type of:
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quantity
the concept that something has a magnitude and can be represented in mathematical expressions by a constant or a variable
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the set of elements common to two or more sets
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synonyms:
Cartesian product, intersection
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set
a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used
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set
Pronunciation
US
/ˈprɑdəkt/
UK
/ˈprɒdəkt/
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