factory

A building where workers and machines make large numbers of products.

• My father works in a factory.
• The factory makes shoes.
• Two new factories opened near the town.

Similar words: plant

Common phrases: car factory, factory worker, build a factory, factory floor

The original state or choices a device had when it was made.

• I restored the phone to factory settings.
• A factory reset deleted my photos.
• Choose factory defaults to undo your changes.

Common phrases: factory settings, factory reset, factory defaults

Something that produces a large amount of a particular thing.

• That school is a talent factory.
• His brain is a factory of strange ideas.
• The movie industry became a dream factory.

Common phrases: idea factory, talent factory, dream factory

Made or fitted by the manufacturer, with no later changes.

• Those wheels are factory.
• The car still has its factory paint.
• Is this radio factory or was it added later?

Similar words: original, stock

Opposites: modified

Common phrases: factory original, factory paint, factory wheels