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

Boeing opened a new production line in Everett, Wash., to help boost production of its 737 MAX jets.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026

In the heart of the Yopougon industrial zone on the outskirts of the capital Abidjan, women working on a production line fill thousands of bottles of shea butter-based cosmetics.

From Barron's ● Jul. 20, 2026

Commercial airlines chief Stephanie Pope will be joined by other Boeing brass and local government leaders at a ribbon-cutting ceremony early Friday afternoon for the new "North Line" MAX production line in Everett, Washington state.

From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026

On one production line, investigators found the same large trays of doner meat being emptied into two different packets to go to shops - one labelled as "70% lamb" and one labelled as "50% lamb".

From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026

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

From "Stormbreaker" by Anthony Horowitz

Related Words

• assembly line