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

Lucas Gourna-Douath is the latest, the midfielder close to joining Hull, but a recent list underlines the quality of the production line at Taxham.

From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026

On a recent Saturday, workers inspected a production line bound for a client in Mexico.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

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

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

From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026

And why was so much of the production line hidden away?

From "Stormbreaker" by Anthony Horowitz

Related Words

• assembly line