the making of goods or wares by manual labor or by machinery, esp. on a large scale

the manufacture of television sets.

the making or producing of anything; generation

the manufacture of body cells.

the thing or material manufactured; product

Plastic is an important manufacture.

to make or produce by hand or machinery, esp. on a large scale.

to work up (material) into form for use

to manufacture cotton.

to invent fictitiously; fabricate; concoct

to manufacture an account of the incident.

to produce in a mechanical way without inspiration or originality

to manufacture a daily quota of poetry.

adjective

manmade , synthetic