noun
mechanical system in a factory whereby an article is conveyed through sites at which successive operations are performed on it
• Syn: ↑assembly line, ↑line
• Hypernyms: ↑mechanical system
• Part Holonyms: ↑factory, ↑mill, ↑manufacturing plant, ↑manufactory
• Part Meronyms: ↑conveyer belt, ↑conveyor belt, ↑conveyer, ↑conveyor, ↑transporter
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noun, pl ⋯ lines [count]
: a line of machines, equipment, workers, etc., in a factory that builds a product by passing work from one station to the next until the product is finished
He works on the production line at the local factory.
— called also assembly line, line
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a line of workers and machines in a factory, along which a product passes, having parts made, put together or checked at each stage until the product is finished
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Cars are checked as they come off the production line.
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Education is not a production line.
See also: ↑assembly line
Useful english dictionary. 2012.