Definition of manufacture

• n. - The operation of making wares or any products by hand, by machinery, or by other agency.
• n. - Anything made from raw materials by the hand, by machinery, or by art, as cloths, iron utensils, shoes, machinery, saddlery, etc.
• v. t. - To make (wares or other products) by hand, by machinery, or by other agency; as, to manufacture cloth, nails, glass, etc.
• v. t. - To work, as raw or partly wrought materials, into suitable forms for use; as, to manufacture wool, cotton, silk, or iron.
• v. i. - To be employed in manufacturing something.