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manufact

manufact noun: a manufactured (manmade) object.

Noun

manufact (countable and uncountable, plural manufacts)

  1. (countable) A manufactured (manmade) object.
    • An amalgam of cultures, these manufacts sometimes lean towards the East and sometimes towards the West and function as status symbol or as a distinct 'code', worthy of a very broad spectrum of communication.2009, Iosif Hadjikyriakos, “The Decorative Arts in Cyprus: Representation of a Society from the 17ᵗʰ to the 19ᵗʰ Century”, in Ottoman Cyprus: a Collection of Studies on History and Culture (Near and...
  2. (obsolete, uncountable) Manufacturing, manufacture.
    • But more particulary that, / Where Lady was to wear a Hat; / And lay the Enſigns of their pride; / Their Silken Ornaments aſide; / Which would have been a wholſome Act, / T' encourage Woolen Manufact;1690, Thomas d'Urfey, “Canto III”, in Collin's Walk Through London and Westminster: A Poem in Burlesque, London: […] Rich. Parker […], page 105

Forms of manufact

pluralmanufacts

Origin of manufact

Borrowed from Latin manufactus.

Questions about manufact

What does manufact mean?
Manufact means a manufactured (manmade) object.
What part of speech is manufact?
Manufact is a noun.
What is the plural of manufact?
The plural of manufact is manufacts.

Words near manufact in the dictionary

  1. Manuelito
  2. Manuelitos
  3. Manuels
  4. manuf
  5. manuf.
  6. manufact
  7. manufactor
  8. manufactories
  9. manufactors
  10. manufactory
  11. manufactroversies

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