mass production

American  

noun

1. the production or manufacture of goods in large quantities, especially by machinery.

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mass production Cultural  

1. The manufacture of goods in large quantities by machinery and by use of techniques such as the assembly line and division of labor.

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Etymology

Origin of mass production

First recorded in 1915–20

Example Sentences

Researchers would build custom chips using exotic materials that were incompatible with mass production.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026

“Their main advantage here is that mass production is relatively simple and effective and they can fire it both from the sea and from land,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 1, 2026

The company will ramp up mass production of Coco 2 this summer, Rash said, aiming to produce 1,000 bots each month.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 28, 2026

Earlier this week, Samsung announced that it has started mass production of its sixth-generation HBM4, and that commercial products are being shipped to customers.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 14, 2026

That was not because chiefdoms were more kindly disposed toward defeated enemies but because the greater economic specialization of states, with more mass production and more public works, provided more uses for slave labor.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond