factory noise

Machinery's constant clamor

Factory noise is the loud, industrial sound produced by manufacturing facilities—machinery clanking, motors humming, metal stamping, equipment grinding.

The term appears in discussions of occupational health, noise pollution, and sound engineering: Workers wore ear protection against the factory noise.

It can also describe any harsh, mechanical cacophony: The old air conditioner made a terrible factory noise.

Related

hum · din · clamor · industrial · industrial zone · metal · clatter · whirring · assembly line · hammering · production · assembly · mechanical · droning · earplugs · decibels · ear protection · rattle

Opposites
sound level/intensity

factory noisesilence

Total lack of sound

quiet · stillness · hush · peace and quiet · dead silence

sound quality/character

factory noisebirdsong

Avian musical vocalizations

natural sounds · white noise · ambient music · babbling brook · soothing sounds

environmental setting

factory noiserural tranquility

Peaceful atmosphere of countryside

nature sounds

Family

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Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated G