Plant - Mill - Works - Yard - Workshop - Foundry
These are all words for buildings or places where things are made or where industrial processes take place.
Factory a building or group of buildings where goods are made: A chocolate/cigarette/clothing factory.
Plant a factory or place where power is produced or an industrial process takes place: A nuclear power plant. | A manufacturing plant.
Mill a factory that produces a particular type of material: A cotton/paper/textile/woollen mill.
Works (often in compounds) a place where things are made or an industrial process takes place: A brickworks. | A steelworks. | Raw materials were carried to the works by barge.
Yard (usually in compounds) an area of land used for building sth: A shipyard.
Workshop a room or building in which things are made or repaired using tools or machinery: A car repair workshop.
Foundry a factory where metal or glass is melted and made into different shapes or objects: An iron foundry.
PATTERNS
*a car/chemical/munitions factory/plant
*an engineering plant/works
*to manage/run a factory/plant/mill/works/yard/ workshop/foundry
*to work in/at a factory/plant/mill/yard/workshop/ foundry
*factory/mill/foundry owners/managers/workers
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