silk factory

collocation in English

meaningsofsilkandfactory

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silk
noun
uk
/sɪlk/us
/sɪlk/
a delicate, soft type of cloth made from a thread produced by silkworms, or the ...
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factory
noun[C]
uk
/ˈfæk.tər.i/us
/ˈfæk.tɚ.i/
a building or set of buildings where large amounts of goods are made ...
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(Definition ofsilkandfactoryfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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That is a definition of what is done in every artificialsilkfactoryin this country.
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In 1846 the railway came and asilkfactorywas built, followed by a chemical factory in 1849.
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They lived on 470 acres, raising livestock, running a sawmill, a gristmill, and asilkfactory.
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The building was originally asilkfactorywhich has been renovated.
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She captured the lives of medieval women, as well as life in a 19th-centurysilkfactory.
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A derelictsilkfactory, his studio is enormous and in many ways is a comment on industrialization.
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When the partnership ended, one of the two manufacturers became the manager of thesilkfactoryuntil his death in 1446 or 1447.
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Asilkfactorywas built in 1889 and remained in operation for just over a century, closing in 1990.
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Her parents worked at asilkfactory.
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They set up a hospital in an unusedsilkfactorywhere they treated 100 patients with injuries ranging from frostbite to severe lung and head wounds.
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When little more than a child, he was made to work hard in asilkfactory, which he afterward deserted for the equally laborious occupation of straw plaiting.
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Since that time three silk factories and one dye works have been established here.
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Swiss manufacturers established factories or took over the closed linen factories and turned them into silk factories, and they are, at this moment, engaged in important war work.
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The liberty of being employed in silk factories starting in 1865 allowed some women to style themselves "tzu-shu nii" (never to marry) and live in communes with other women.
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