manufacturing

noun

1. (uncountable, usually)The transformation of raw materials into finished products, usually on a large scale.
2. (uncountable, usually)The industry in which such products are made.

adj

1. (not-comparable)Used in manufacturing.

   “More than a mere source of Promethean sustenance to thwart the cold and cook one's meat, wood was quite simply mankind's first industrial and manufacturing fuel.”

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of manufacture