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- pronunciation:
- faek
t
 r
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[or]
faek
tri
- features:
- Word Explorer, Word Parts
| part of speech: |
noun |
| inflections: |
factories |
| definition: |
a building or set of buildings where products are made by machines.
This factory produces millions of bottles of ketchup every year.
- synonyms:
- plant, works
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| related words: |
armory, mill |
The word factory
contains the following part:
fac, fic, fec, fact, fect
Latin
root
that means make, do
  More about this word part:
This root is also the origin of the suffixes "-fy, -ify, -efy" and "-ification, -efaction".
Example words:
affect, affection, artificial, beneficial, benefit, deficient, effect, efficient, fact, factory, fiction, infect, manufacture, sacrifice, satisfaction, satisfactory, significant, sufficient
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