Meaning & use
production facility
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UK/prəˈdʌkʃn fəˈsɪləti/
US/prəˈdʌkʃn fəˈsɪləti/
Meaning
nouncountable
A site with the buildings and equipment needed to make products, especially on a large scale.
Grammar: Usually preceded by an article: a new production facility opened in May.
Patterns
- a production facility for something
- a production facility in a place
The bakery opened a second production facility near the airport.
A single production facility can supply the whole region.
Workers at the production facility must wear protective clothing.
Word forms
| plural | production facilities |
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Common combinations
- build a production facility
- They will build a production facility beside the river.
- state-of-the-art production facility
- The vaccine is made in a state-of-the-art production facility.
- production facility manager
- The production facility manager reported a drop in defects.
- close a production facility
- The group chose to close its oldest production facility.
- food production facility
- A food production facility must pass regular inspections.
Synonyms and how they differ
- factory
- Factory is the everyday word and implies manufacturing; production facility sounds more corporate and can include non-factory sites.
- plant
- Plant often names heavy industry such as steel or power, while production facility is neutral about the industry.
- workshop
- A workshop is usually small and skilled-hand based, unlike a large production facility.
Word family
- production noun
- the making of goods
- producer noun
- a person or company that makes something
- facility noun
- a place built for a particular purpose
- productive adjective
- making a lot
Practice
The company has opened a new ______ that can make 10,000 units a day.
Choose one answer.
The noun production works as a modifier of facility. Productive describes efficiency, not the type of site.
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