Definition of manufacture

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man·u·fac·ture    (mny-fkchr) KEY 

VERB:
man·u·fac·tured, man·u·fac·tur·ing, man·u·fac·tures
VERB:
tr.

1. 1. To make or process (a raw material) into a finished product, especially by means of a large-scale industrial operation.
   2. To make or process (a product), especially with the use of industrial machines.
2. To create, produce, or turn out in a mechanical manner: "His books seem to have been manufactured rather than composed" (Dwight Macdonald).
3. To concoct or invent; fabricate: manufacture an excuse.

VERB:
intr.

To make or process goods, especially in large quantities and by means of industrial machines.

NOUN:

1. 1. The act, craft, or process of manufacturing products, especially on a large scale.
   2. An industry in which mechanical power and machinery are employed.
2. A product that is manufactured.
3. The making or producing of something.

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ETYMOLOGY:
From French, manufacture, from Old French, from Medieval Latin *manfactra : Latin man, ablative of manus, hand; see man-² in Indo-European roots + Latin factra, working of a metal from factus, past participle of facere, to make; see dh- in Indo-European roots

OTHER FORMS:
manu·factur·a·ble(Adjective), manu·factur·al(Adjective), manu·factur·ing(Noun)