manufacturing

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌmænjəˈfækt͡ʃəɹɪŋ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌmænjʊˈfækt͡ʃəɹɪŋ/
• Hyphenation: man‧u‧fac‧tur‧ing

manufacturing (usually uncountable, plural manufacturings)

1. The transformation of raw materials into finished products, usually on a large scale.
2. The industry in which such products are made.

manufacturing (not comparable)

1. Used in manufacturing.
   • 2006, Edwin Black, chapter 2, in Internal Combustion‎^[1]:

     More than a mere source of Promethean sustenance to thwart the cold and cook one's meat, wood was quite simply mankind's first industrial and manufacturing fuel.

manufacturing

1. present participle and gerund of manufacture