MANUFACTURER

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

I. (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A business engaged in manufacturing some product

Synonyms:

maker; manufacturer; manufacturing business

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("manufacturer" is a kind of...):

business; business concern; business organisation; business organization; concern (a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "manufacturer"):

armorer; armourer (a manufacturer of firearms)

bottler (a manufacturer that makes and bottles beverages)

auto maker; auto manufacturer; automaker; car maker; car manufacturer; carmaker (a business engaged in the manufacture of automobiles)

computer business (a business that manufactures and sells computers)

Derivation:

manufacture (put together out of artificial or natural components or parts)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Someone who manufactures something

Synonyms:

manufacturer; producer

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("manufacturer" is a kind of...):

maker; shaper (a person who makes things)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "manufacturer"):

arms manufacturer (someone who manufactures arms and munitions)

brewer (the owner or manager of a brewery)

distiller (someone who distills alcoholic liquors)

food manufacturer (a person who manufactures food products)

sericulturist (a producer of raw silk)

Instance hyponyms:

Cyrus Hall McCormick; Cyrus McCormick; McCormick (United States inventor and manufacturer of a mechanical harvester (1809-1884))

John Mercer; Mercer (British maker of printed calico cloth who invented mercerizing (1791-1866))

Isaac M. Singer; Isaac Merrit Singer; Singer (United States inventor of an improved chain-stitch sewing machine (1811-1875))

Eli Whitney; Whitney (United States inventor of the mechanical cotton gin (1765-1825))

Derivation:

manufacture (put together out of artificial or natural components or parts)

Credits

Context examples:

The completed process of evaluating a product after it has been returned to the manufacturer or reprocessor.

(Performed Product Investigation, NCI Thesaurus)

A leading trade association in the USA whose members are manufacturers of electro industry products.

(National Electrical Manufacturers Association, NCI Thesaurus)

A device that has exceeded the period of time recommended by the manufacturer for storing the device without a degradation in quality.

(Device Shelf Life Exceeded Evaluation Result, Food and Drug Administration)

Issue associated with user's failure to process, service, or operate the device according to the manufacturer's recommendations or recognized best practices.

(Incorrect Care or Use of Medical Device, Food and Drug Administration)

The identifier assigned to a product, usually in the list of products published by a reseller or manufacturer.

(Catalog Number, NCI Thesaurus)

This issue is restricted to happening at the location where the device is used as opposed to during manufacturer or shipping.

(Cleaning Disinfecting or Sterilization Problem during Medical Device Use, Food and Drug Administration)

To overcome this, drug manufacturers developed new derivatives of penicillin, such as methicillin, which were resistant to beta-lactamase.

(Widely-available antibiotics could be used in the treatment of ‘superbug’ MRSA, University of Cambridge)

One manufacturer, Unilever, stopped adding triclosan to its products in response to consumer demand, but says it is confident the chemical poses no threat.

(Common Ingredient in Toothpaste Puts Women at Risk of Bone Disease, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Chemical manufacturers conducted some toxicity studies on the compounds during this period, but they were never published.

(Common Household Chemicals Lead to Birth Defects in Mice, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

We have seen both the retailers and also the wholesale manufacturers.