--- title: F — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics description: The 906 words of the English dictionary under F, every meaning for a pupil and every example with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/F/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/) / F # F — The English dictionary The words of the English dictionary under F: 906 words, every meaning and example parsed by Mova; the ↗ after a sentence leads to the word's page, with every sentence's syntax tree and pragmatics. 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[2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/F/page/2/) [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/F/page/3/) [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/F/page/4/) … [49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/F/page/49/) **fa** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (music) The fourth note of the musical scale in the sol-fa system: do, re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do.[↗](fa/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") Also spelt «fah».[↗](fa/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (UK, sport) «The FA» is the Football Association, which runs football in England, including the FA Cup.[↗](fa/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (slang, as «sweet FA») Nothing at all — a rude-ish British phrase, as in «He did sweet FA all day».[↗](fa/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Do, re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do\![↗](fa/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · «Fa» is the fourth note of the scale.[↗](fa/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We sang «Fa, a long, long way to run» in music.[↗](fa/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · My team won a match in the FA Cup.[↗](fa/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The FA makes the rules for English football.[↗](fa/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · (rude, UK) He did sweet FA to help tidy up.[↗](fa/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **fab** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (slang, UK and others) Fab is short for «fabulous»: great, wonderful, brilliant.[↗](fab/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (informal, technical) A «fab» is a factory that makes computer chips.[↗](fab/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* What a fab party\![↗](fab/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · You look fab in that costume.[↗](fab/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · «Fab idea!» said Mum when I suggested pancakes.[↗](fab/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We had a fab time at the beach.[↗](fab/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The Fab Four is a nickname for a famous old band.[↗](fab/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · It's a fab book; you should read it.[↗](fab/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **fable** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A short story, often with animals that talk, that teaches a lesson called a moral, like Aesop's «The Tortoise and the Hare».[↗](fable/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A story that is not true, a myth or legend.[↗](fable/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (informal) A lie or made-up claim: «His story about the shark was pure fable.».[↗](fable/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* «The Tortoise and the Hare» is a famous fable.[↗](fable/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The moral of the fable is «Don't tell lies».[↗](fable/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Aesop wrote many fables about animals.[↗](fable/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We wrote our own fable about a greedy fox.[↗](fable/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · In the fable, the ant works hard while the grasshopper plays.[↗](fable/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · His tale of seeing a dragon was just a fable.[↗](fable/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · It has no correspondence with the pure Æsopian fable.\][↗](fable/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **fabric** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Fabric is cloth, material made by weaving or knitting threads, used for clothes, curtains and bags.[↗](fabric/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The fabric of a building is its walls, floors and roof.[↗](fabric/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* The fabric of society or life means the basic structure that holds it together.[↗](fabric/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We cut the fabric to make puppets.[↗](fabric/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · This fabric is soft and stretchy.[↗](fabric/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Which fabric is the most waterproof?[↗](fabric/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Cotton is a natural fabric; nylon is man-made.[↗](fabric/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum bought fabric for new curtains.[↗](fabric/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The label shows the fabric and washing instructions.[↗](fabric/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The old church's fabric needs repairs.[↗](fabric/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Kindness is part of the fabric of our school.[↗](fabric/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Then a feast of the most delicate dishes was served in a room hung with embroidered Indian fabrics.[↗](fabric/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · \[paragraph continues\] God stands in close connection with the Universe, and just so is Tali connected with the world, that is, an invisible, celestial or universal axis carries the whole fabric.[↗](fabric/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](fabric/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · These were thy traffickers in gorgeous fabrics, in wrappings of blue and richly woven work, and in chests of rich apparel, bound with cords and cedar-lined, among thy merchandise.[↗](fabric/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets EZK.27.24, JPS 1917)[↗](fabric/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") **fabricated** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Made up to trick people; false: «a fabricated story».[↗](fabricated/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Made or built, often in a factory from parts: «fabricated steel».[↗](fabricated/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* His excuse was completely fabricated.[↗](fabricated/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The newspaper printed a fabricated story.[↗](fabricated/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The detective found the evidence was fabricated.[↗](fabricated/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The bridge parts were fabricated in a factory.[↗](fabricated/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · She fabricated a reason to stay home from school.[↗](fabricated/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't believe fabricated news you see online.[↗](fabricated/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **fabrication** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A lie or a made-up story pretending to be true.[↗](fabrication/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The making or building of something, especially from many parts in a factory.[↗](fabrication/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* His story about meeting a famous footballer was a complete fabrication.[↗](fabrication/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The newspaper said the claims were fabrication.[↗](fabrication/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The factory does the fabrication of car parts.[↗](fabrication/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Her excuse was pure fabrication; she simply forgot her homework.[↗](fabrication/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Steel fabrication takes skill and safety gear.[↗](fabrication/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The witness admitted that his story was a fabrication.[↗](fabrication/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **fabulist** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A fabulist is a writer who makes up fables, short stories that teach a lesson, often with animals as characters.[↗](fabulist/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Aesop was a famous fabulist.[↗](fabulist/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A fabulist tells a short tale with a lesson at the end.[↗](fabulist/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The fabulist's animals talk and teach us something.[↗](fabulist/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **fabulous** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Fabulous means belonging to fables or legends, not real: a fabulous creature like a dragon.[↗](fabulous/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (casual) Fabulous means extremely good or wonderful: a fabulous day at the beach.[↗](fabulous/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The unicorn is a fabulous creature.[↗](fabulous/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The two fabulous hounds guarded the gate.[↗](fabulous/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We had a fabulous time at the fair.[↗](fabulous/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · That cake looks fabulous\![↗](fabulous/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") **face** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Your face is the front of your head with eyes, nose and mouth.[↗](face/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A face is a flat side of a solid shape.[↗](face/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") A cube has 6 faces.[↗](face/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A clock face is the front part with the numbers.[↗](face/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* To face is to look toward or turn toward something.[↗](face/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* To face a problem is to deal with it bravely.[↗](face/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 6:* To make a face is to twist your face to show a feeling.[↗](face/#m6 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A cube has 6 faces.[↗](face/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · How many faces does a pyramid have?[↗](face/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The clock face shows 3 o'clock.[↗](face/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · She painted each face of the box.[↗](face/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Wash your face before bed.[↗](face/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Face the front, please.[↗](face/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · He made a funny face.[↗](face/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · She faced her fear and jumped in.[↗](face/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · His face was long and earnest.[↗](face/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And when Moses heard it, he fell upon his face.[↗](face/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.16.4, JPS 1917)[↗](face/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And Abram fell on his face; and God talked with him, saying: (Torah GEN.17.3, JPS 1917)[↗](face/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And Joseph fell upon his father's face, and wept upon him, and kissed him.[↗](face/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.50.1, JPS 1917)[↗](face/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Why hidest Thou Thy face from me?[↗](face/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.88.15, JPS 1917)[↗](face/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · Who can uncover the face of his garment?[↗](face/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.41.5, JPS 1917)[↗](face/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · Who can open the doors of his face?[↗](face/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.41.6, JPS 1917)[↗](face/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") **facet** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* One side or part of something with many sides, like a cut gem.[↗](facet/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Hebrew has of course several verb roots relating to one or more of each of these three facets of language.[↗](facet/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](facet/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · For behold the stone that I have laid before Joshua; upon one stone are seven facets; behold, I will engrave the graving thereof, saith the LORD of hosts: And I will remove the iniquity of that land in one day.[↗](facet/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ZEC.3.9, JPS 1917)[↗](facet/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") **facetious** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Joking at the wrong time, about something serious, so it seems silly or rude, as in «a facetious remark».[↗](facetious/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Facetious can also mean simply funny, meant to make people laugh.[↗](facetious/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* When the teacher asked why he was late, he gave a facetious answer: «My bed wouldn't let me go.»[↗](facetious/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't be facetious — this is important.[↗](facetious/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Her facetious comment upset her friend, who was sad.[↗](facetious/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · He was only being facetious when he said he'd eat his homework.[↗](facetious/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A facetious answer will not get you marks in an exam.[↗](facetious/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The jokes which form the themes of the Russian facetious tales are for the most part common to all Europe.[↗](facetious/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **facetiously** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* In a joking way, especially about a serious matter, when it is not the right time for jokes.[↗](facetiously/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Not meant seriously.[↗](facetiously/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* "I'll just fly to school," she said facetiously.[↗](facetiously/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He answered facetiously, so the teacher asked again.[↗](facetiously/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · "Maybe aliens took it," Tom said facetiously.[↗](facetiously/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · She was speaking facetiously, not giving real advice.[↗](facetiously/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't reply facetiously when someone is upset.[↗](facetiously/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · He facetiously suggested we eat the homework.[↗](facetiously/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **facial** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (adjective) Of or on the face: «facial expression», «facial hair».[↗](facial/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (noun) A beauty treatment where the skin of the face is cleaned and creamed.[↗](facial/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Her facial expression showed she was scared.[↗](facial/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad has facial hair now — a beard.[↗](facial/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Read the characters' facial expressions in the picture.[↗](facial/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum had a facial at the spa.[↗](facial/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The phone uses facial recognition to unlock.[↗](facial/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The boxer had a facial injury.[↗](facial/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Use facial expressions when you act the scene.[↗](facial/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **facile** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Too simple; said or done without careful thought, so it ignores the real problem.[↗](facile/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (old or literary) Done easily, smooth and effortless.[↗](facile/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Saying «just be happy» is a facile answer to sadness.[↗](facile/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The critic called the film's ending facile.[↗](facile/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't give a facile reply; think it through.[↗](facile/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · There is no facile solution to traffic jams.[↗](facile/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · His facile excuses annoyed the teacher.[↗](facile/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · It is facile to blame one person for the whole problem.[↗](facile/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **facilitate** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (formal) To facilitate something means to make it easier or help it happen.[↗](facilitate/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To facilitate a meeting or discussion means to guide it so everyone can take part.[↗](facilitate/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The new bridge will facilitate travel between the towns.[↗](facilitate/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Ramps facilitate access for wheelchair users.[↗](facilitate/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The teacher facilitated our class discussion.[↗](facilitate/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Computers can facilitate learning.[↗](facilitate/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Enzymes facilitate digestion.[↗](facilitate/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Clear rules facilitate fair play.[↗](facilitate/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **facilitation** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Making something easier to do or helping it happen.[↗](facilitation/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Leading a group discussion or meeting so that everyone can take part and work well.[↗](facilitation/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The teacher's facilitation helped every group share ideas.[↗](facilitation/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Ramps provide the facilitation of access for wheelchair users.[↗](facilitation/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Good facilitation keeps a meeting on time.[↗](facilitation/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The new bridge led to the facilitation of trade between towns.[↗](facilitation/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Some plants grow better because of facilitation by nearby shrubs.[↗](facilitation/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · With careful facilitation, even shy pupils spoke up.[↗](facilitation/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **facility** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A facility is a building, room or piece of equipment made for a special purpose, like a sports facility.[↗](facility/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Facilities are things provided for people to use, like toilets, showers, car parks.[↗](facility/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (formal) Facility is an ability to do something easily: a facility for languages.[↗](facility/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (euphemism) "The facilities" can mean the toilets.[↗](facility/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The school has new sports facilities.[↗](facility/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Where are the facilities?[↗](facility/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") I need the loo.[↗](facility/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The camp has showers and other facilities.[↗](facility/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The research facility studies plants.[↗](facility/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The park's facilities include a playground and toilets.[↗](facility/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · She has a facility for maths and solves problems fast.[↗](facility/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The new swimming facility opens next month.[↗](facility/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The hotel has facilities for wheelchair users.[↗](facility/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **facsimile** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A facsimile is an exact copy of a page, picture or book, made to look just like the original.[↗](facsimile/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The museum sold a facsimile of the old map.[↗](facsimile/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · This is a facsimile of the king's letter.[↗](facsimile/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The facsimile looks just like the first book.[↗](facsimile/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **fact** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A fact is something that is known to be true and can be checked.[↗](fact/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") A week is 7 days is a fact.[↗](fact/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Facts are different from opinions, which are what someone thinks or feels.[↗](fact/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* In fact means really, actually.[↗](fact/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Learn your times table facts.[↗](fact/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She knows 20 addition facts.[↗](fact/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Use the fact that 1 week = 7 days.[↗](fact/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Which fact helps you solve 6 × 7?[↗](fact/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · It is a fact that water freezes at 0 °C.[↗](fact/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · «Chocolate is the best food» is an opinion, not a fact.[↗](fact/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · In fact, the whale is a mammal, not a fish.[↗](fact/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Here is a fun fact: an octopus has three hearts.[↗](fact/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · We made a fact file about tigers.[↗](fact/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · In fact he could cure anything.[↗](fact/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · fact, inquire about it, and make it so evident, that \[35\] the Creator be acknowledged to be on His throne again.[↗](fact/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](fact/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · As a matter of fact, he himself abandons the division of the letters into three parts, and rearranges them in a twofold division, one of ten and one of twelve letters.[↗](fact/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](fact/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") **factor** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* In maths, a factor is a whole number that divides exactly into another number with no remainder: 3 is a factor of 12.[↗](factor/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A factor is one of the things that causes or affects a result.[↗](factor/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To factor something in is to include it when you plan or work something out.[↗](factor/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* A factor (such as sun protection factor) is a number showing how strong something is.[↗](factor/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* A factor is an agent who buys, sells or looks after goods for someone else.[↗](factor/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The factors of 12 are 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 and 12.[↗](factor/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · 5 is not a factor of 12, because 12 ÷ 5 leaves a remainder.[↗](factor/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The highest common factor of 8 and 12 is 4.[↗](factor/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Rain was a big factor in the team losing.[↗](factor/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Put on factor 50 sun cream at the beach.[↗](factor/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't forget to factor in time for lunch.[↗](factor/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Multiply each side by the scale factor 3 to make the shape bigger.[↗](factor/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · 2 and 3 are the prime factors of 6.[↗](factor/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Away flew the factor, while another dinner was providing, and returned with the cat just as the rats and mice were devouring that also.[↗](factor/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **factorial** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* In mathematics, the result of multiplying a whole number by every smaller whole number down to one.[↗](factorial/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The factorials up to that of 1"2 are as follows: (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](factorial/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The Sefer Yetzirah gives the factorials up to that of seven and concludes the Mishnah by saying: "Go and count further, what the mouth is unable to pronounce, and the ear is unable to hear."[↗](factorial/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](factorial/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") **factory** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A factory is a big building where people and machines make things, like cars, toys, food or clothes.[↗](factory/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Many things are made in a factory one after another on a line, called a production line.[↗](factory/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A factory makes 250 toys a day.[↗](factory/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The factory has 120 workers.[↗](factory/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · How many cars does the factory make in a week?[↗](factory/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Each factory worker packs 30 boxes an hour.[↗](factory/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The factory makes bread for all the shops in town.[↗](factory/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Smoke came out of the factory chimney.[↗](factory/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · We visited a cheese factory on our school trip.[↗](factory/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Machines in the factory fill 60 bottles a minute.[↗](factory/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And the Mexican lapdog barked all the time, till the church bells tinkled, and the chimney of the apple factory rocked again.[↗](factory/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **1** [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/F/page/2/) [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/F/page/3/) 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