production line

noun

1. an arrangement of machines or sequence of operations involved with a single manufacturing operation or production process. Compare assembly line, line ¹( def 29 ).

production line

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of production line¹

First recorded in 1930–35

Related Words

• assembly line