factories

noun

1. A trading establishment, especially set up by merchants working in a foreign country.

2. The position or state of being a factor.

3. A building or other place where manufacturing takes place.

4. A device which produces or manufactures something.

5. A factory farm.

   chicken factory; pig factory

6. In a computer program or library, a function, method, etc. which creates an object.

7. A police station.