assembly-line
1assembly line — ➔ line * * * assembly line UK US noun [C] ► PRODUCTION, WORKPLACE a line of machines and workers in a factory which a product moves along while it is being built or produced. Each machine or worker performs a particular job, which must be… …
2assembly-line — a. Of, pertaining to, or resembling an {assembly line}; as, an assembly line process; also used metaphorically, as an assembly line educational system. [PJC] …
3assembly line — n. A line of machinery, tools, and workers on which objects to be manufactured are moved from one post to the next, where different workers perform different steps in the manufacturing process; called also {production line}. The objects to be… …
4assembly line — assembly lines N COUNT An assembly line is an arrangement of workers and machines in a factory, where each worker deals with only one part of a product. The product passes from one worker to another until it is finished. ...a man who works on an… …
5assembly line — ► NOUN ▪ a series of machines by which identical items are assembled in successive stages …
6assembly line — ☆ assembly line n. in many factories, an arrangement whereby each worker performs a specialized operation in assembling the work as it is passed along, often on a slowly moving belt or track …
7Assembly line — An assembly line is a manufacturing process in which parts (usually interchangeable parts) are added to a product in a sequential manner using optimally planned logistics to create a finished product much faster than with handcrafting type… …
8assembly line — an arrangement of machines, tools, and workers in which a product is assembled by having each perform a specific, successive operation on an incomplete unit as it passes by in a series of stages organized in a direct line. Also called production… …
9assembly line — noun mechanical system in a factory whereby an article is conveyed through sites at which successive operations are performed on it (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑production line, ↑line • Hypernyms: ↑mechanical system • Part Holonyms: ↑factory, ↑ …
10assembly line — Synonyms and related words: armory, arsenal, assemblage, assembly, assembly plant, assembly line production, atomic energy plant, bindery, boatyard, boilery, bookbindery, brewery, brickyard, cannery, creamery, dairy, defense plant, distillery,… …
