Plural of factory
regular plural
The plural of factory is factories.
Forms of factory
| Singular | factory /ˈfæk.tə.ɹi/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | factories |
| Countable | countable |
Factories in a sentence
- History has shown that, even without cheap labor, factories run perfectly well.
- Close-packed, crushed by the buttressed height of the railway viaduct, rendered airless by huge walls of factories, it at once banished lively interest from a stranger's mind and left only a dull oppression of the spirit.1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter VII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC
- Historical counterinstitutionalizations, such as worker-run factories, demonstrate the viability of decentralized models.From the entry counterinstitutionalization
- Company X are brownwashing when they say they are partners with child rights NGO Y, yet employ child labor in their factories in Country Z.From the entry brownwash
- DB Cargo runs purpose-built wagons bringing cars by rail from Midlands factories into the port.2020 May 20, Paul Clifton, “Network News: Rail freight sector warns of slump in container traffic”, in Rail, page 10. From the entry purpose-built
Meaning of factory
- noun A building or other place where manufacturing takes place.
- noun A police station.
- noun A device or process that produces or manufactures something.
Questions about the plural of factory
- What is the plural of factory?
- The plural of factory is factories.
- Is factory countable?
- Factory is a countable noun.
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