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shadow factories

shadow factories is the plural of shadow factory.

Meaning of shadow factory

Noun

shadow factory (plural shadow factories)

  1. (UK, historical) An aircraft factory in the World War II era, partly staffed by people from the motor industry, that was kept hidden from enemy aircraft.
    • [...] but common prudence demanded, even before the outbreak of war, that details should not be disclosed which might reveal to a potential enemy the positions of "shadow factories" and air bases, and the location of stores of munitions, petrol, food, and so forth.1939 November, Charles E. Lee, “Railways and the War — I”, in Railway Magazine, page 313

Questions about shadow factories

What is shadow factories the plural of?
Shadow factories is the plural of shadow factory.

Words near shadow factories in the dictionary

  1. shadow DOMs
  2. shadow drop
  3. shadow dropped
  4. shadow dropping
  5. shadow drops
  6. shadow factories
  7. shadow factory
  8. shadow fleet
  9. shadow fleets
  10. shadow gazer
  11. shadow gazers

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