Synonyms: 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
Similar words: commercial enterprise, business, business enterprise
Definition: the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects
Usage: computers are now widely used in business
Synonyms: 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
Similar words: creating from raw materials
Definition: the act of creating something that is different from the materials that went into it
Synonyms: cook up, fabricate, invent, make up, manufacture
Definition: make up something artificial or untrue
Similar words: concoct, dream up, hatch, think of, think up
Definition: devise or invent
Usage: He thought up a plan to get rich quickly; no-one had ever thought of such a clever piece of software
Synonyms: 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
Similar words: make
Definition: make by shaping or bringing together constituents
Usage: make a dress; make a cake; make a wall of stones
Synonyms: manufacture
Definition: create or produce in a mechanical way
Usage: This novelist has been manufacturing his books following his initial success
Definition: make or cause to be or to become
Usage: make a mess in one's office; create a furor
Synonyms: manufacture
Definition: produce naturally
Usage: this gland manufactures a specific substance only
Similar words: produce, bring forth
Definition: bring forth or yield
Usage: The tree would not produce fruit