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manufacts

manufacts is the plural of manufact.

Meaning of manufact

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

Questions about manufacts

What is manufacts the plural of?
Manufacts is the plural of manufact.

Words near manufacts in the dictionary

  1. manufactories
  2. manufactors
  3. manufactory
  4. manufactroversies
  5. manufactroversy
  6. manufacts
  7. manufacturability
  8. manufacturable
  9. manufacturables
  10. manufacturage
  11. manufacturages

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