manufactureEnglishOxford English Thesaurusmanufacture verb 1 the company manufactures laser printers: make, produce, mass produce, build, construct, assemble, put together, create, fabricate, prefabricate, turn out, process, form, fashion, model, mould, shape, forge, engineer. 2 the story was manufactured by the press: make up, invent, fabricate, concoct, hatch, dream up, think up, trump up, devise, formulate, frame, contrive, construct, coin; informal cook up.noun the manufacture of aircraft engines: production, making, manufacturing, mass-production, construction, building, assembly, creation, fabrication, prefabrication, processing, putting together, turning out, engineering, forging.manufacture Oxford Dictionary of English