Main entry: industry, manufacture
Definition: the organized action of making of goods and services for sale
Usage: American industry is making increased use of computers to control production
Main entry: fabrication, manufacture, manufacturing
Definition: the act of making something (a product) from raw materials
Usage: the synthesis and fabrication of single crystals; an improvement in the manufacture of explosives; manufacturing is vital to Great Britain
Main entry: cook up, fabricate, invent, make up, manufacture
Definition: make up something artificial or untrue
Main entry: construct, fabricate, manufacture
Definition: put together out of artificial or natural components or parts
Usage: the company fabricates plastic chairs; They manufacture small toys; He manufactured a popular cereal
Main entry: manufacture
Definition: create or produce in a mechanical way
Usage: This novelist has been manufacturing his books following his initial success
Main entry: manufacture
Definition: produce naturally
Usage: this gland manufactures a specific substance only