Definitions

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  • adjective made in a factory. Contrasted with homemade.

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  • adjective produced in quantity at a factory

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Examples

  • The mass-produced, factory-made version, Ina told me, was decidedly inferior.

    Anna King: Drinking Rakija In The Tiger's Wife and Los Angeles Anna King 2012

  • They told how they quickly modified their foreign habits by learning English, dressing in factory-made clothes, and going to the popular entertainments of the time.

    Deadly Julie Chibbaro 2011

  • Visit a Crate and Barrel or West Elm shop on any given weekend and everywhere you look, you'll see the factory-made descendants of those influential handmade pots.

    Sarah Archer: Handmade for Japan: Aid Through Art Sarah Archer 2011

  • Visit a Crate and Barrel or West Elm shop on any given weekend and everywhere you look, you'll see the factory-made descendants of those influential handmade pots.

    Sarah Archer: Handmade for Japan: Aid Through Art Sarah Archer 2011

  • Visit a Crate and Barrel or West Elm shop on any given weekend and everywhere you look, you'll see the factory-made descendants of those influential handmade pots.

    Sarah Archer: Handmade for Japan: Aid Through Art Sarah Archer 2011

  • They told how they quickly modified their foreign habits by learning English, dressing in factory-made clothes, and going to the popular entertainments of the time.

    Deadly Julie Chibbaro 2011

  • They told how they quickly modified their foreign habits by learning English, dressing in factory-made clothes, and going to the popular entertainments of the time.

    Deadly Julie Chibbaro 2011

  • They told how they quickly modified their foreign habits by learning English, dressing in factory-made clothes, and going to the popular entertainments of the time.

    Deadly Julie Chibbaro 2011

  • They told how they quickly modified their foreign habits by learning English, dressing in factory-made clothes, and going to the popular entertainments of the time.

    Deadly Julie Chibbaro 2011

  • Visit a Crate and Barrel or West Elm shop on any given weekend and everywhere you look, you'll see the factory-made descendants of those influential handmade pots.

    Sarah Archer: Handmade for Japan: Aid Through Art Sarah Archer 2011

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