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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
manufactured \manufactured\ adjective Produced in a large-scale industrial operation. Contrasted with {hand-made}. [WordNet 1.5]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Manufacture \Man'u*fac"ture\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Manufactured}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Manufacturing}.] [Cf. F. manufacturer.]
1. To make (wares or other products) by hand, by machinery, or by other agency; as, to manufacture cloth, nails, glass, etc.
2. To work, as raw or partly wrought materials, into suitable forms for use; as, to manufacture wool, cotton, silk, or iron.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
manufactured
adjective: produced in a large-scale industrial operation
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
61 Moby Thesaurus words for "manufactured": assembled, built, cast, concocted, constructed, cooked-up, crafted, created, custom, custom-built, custom-made, extracted, fabricated, fabulous, fancied, fantasied, fantastic, fashioned, fictional, fictitious, figmental, forged, formed, gathered, grown, handcrafted, handmade, harvested, hatched, homemade, homespun, invented, legendary, machine-made, machined, made, made to order, made-up, man-made, milled, mined, molded, mythical, prefab, prefabricated, processed, put together, put-up, raised, ready-for-wear, ready-formed, ready-made, ready-prepared, ready-to-wear, refined, shaped, smelted, trumped-up, well-built, well-constructed, well-made
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