production line

American  

noun

1. an arrangement of machines or sequence of operations involved with a single manufacturing operation or production process.

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production line British  

noun

1. a factory system in which parts or components of the end product are transported by a conveyor through a number of different sites at each of which a manual or machine operation is performed on them without interrupting the flow of production

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Etymology

Origin of production line

First recorded in 1930–35

Example Sentences

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production line

Here’s Isabelle on how they built a real-time “digital twin” of the Pringle dough as it moves through the production line of a factory in Poland.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026

Boeing in July unveiled a new MAX production line in Everett, Washington that is expected to enable the MAX program to meet 52 airplanes per month.

From Barron's ● Aug. 3, 2026

It is understood that the job losses will affect salaried and management roles and not production line staff.

From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026

The company earlier this month opened a new production line in Everett, Wash., meant to boost production of its workhorse 737 MAX jets.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026

Once the pillow production line was again rolling smoothly, the meeting began.

From "Speak" by Laurie Halse Anderson

Related Words

• assembly line