FACTORY WHISTLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does factory whistle mean? 

• FACTORY WHISTLE (noun)
  The noun FACTORY WHISTLE has 1 sense:

1. a whistle at a factory that is sounded to announce times for starting or stopping work

  Familiarity information: FACTORY WHISTLE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FACTORY WHISTLE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A whistle at a factory that is sounded to announce times for starting or stopping work

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("factory whistle" is a kind of...):

whistle (acoustic device that forces air or steam against an edge or into a cavity and so produces a loud shrill sound)