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

The move came after Tesla reached a milestone: Its first semi truck rolled off the company’s high-volume production line on Wednesday.

From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026

Iranian missiles struck Shell’s Pearl gas-to-liquids facility in Qatar, damaging one production line expected to be shut for at least a year.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

In addition to the Pearl plant, Shell has a 30% stake in a Qatari LNG production line that hasn’t been damaged in the war.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

The company’s CEO said in a livestream in February that the new SU7 had rolled off the production line.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

Irene Morgan worked at the Baltimore-based aircraft manufacturer Glenn L. Martin Company, assigned to the production line of the B-26 Marauder.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly

Related Words

• assembly line