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) is an adverb: ‘I don’t like spending the whole day indoors.’ 
indoors 
Their new house even has an indoors swimming pool. 
Their new house even has an indoor swimming pool. 
See Note at INDOOR 
industrious 
The South has fewer industrious areas. 
The South has fewer industrial areas. 
Industrious
= hard-working: ‘Neil is indeed a quiet student, but you won’t find anyone more 
industrious.’ 
industrial
 = having or connected with major industries’: We visited some of the country’s main 
industrial areas.’ ‘The economy has been hit by a series of industrial disputes.’ 
industry 
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The biggest industries in Jakobsberg are Philips and IBM. 
The biggest companies in Jakobsberg are Philips and IBM. 
See
 Language Note below 
 
 
COMPANY • FACTORY • INDUSTRY • MILL • 
PLANT • WORKS 
company 
an organization that makes or sells goods or that sells services: ‘My father works for an 
insurance company.’ ‘IBM is one of the biggest companies in the electronics industry.’ 
 
factory 
a place where goods such as furniture, carpets, curtains, clothes, plates, toys, bicycles, 
sports equipment, drinks and packaged food are produced: ‘The company’s UK factory 
produces 500 golf trolleys a week.’ 

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industry 
(1) all the people, factories, companies etc involved in a major area of production: ‘the steel 
industry’, ‘the clothing industry’. (2) all industries considered together as a single thing: 
‘Industry has developed rapidly over the years at the expense of agriculture.’ 
mill 
(1) a place where a particular type of material is made: ‘a cotton mill’, ‘a textile mill’, ‘a steel 
mill’, ‘a paper mill’ (2) a place where flour is made from grain: ‘a flour mill’ 
plant 
a factory or building where vehicles, engines, weapons, heavy machinery, drugs or industrial 
chemicals are produced, where chemical processes are carried out, or where power is 
generated:
‘Vauxhall-Opel’s UK car plants’, ‘Honda’s new engine plant at Microconcord. Swindon’, ‘a 
sewage plant’, ‘a wood treatment plant’, ‘ICI’s £100m plant, ‘the Sellafield nuclear 
reprocessing plant in Cumbria’ 
works 
an industrial building where materials such as cement, steel, and bricks are produced, or 
where industrial processes are carried out: ‘The drop in car and van sales has led to 
redundancies in the country’s steel works.’