assembly linenoun [ C usually singular ]
uk/əˈsem.bli ˌlaɪn/us/əˈsem.bli ˌlaɪn/a line of machines and workers in a factory that a product moves along while it is being built or produced. Each machine or worker performs a particular job that must be finished before the product moves to the next position in the line:
assembly-line workers
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Factories
- brewery
- cannery
- conveyor belt
- cooling tower
- distillery
- industrial estate
- knacker's yard
- mill
- miller
- mint
- on the factory floor idiom
- pallet
- plant
- power station
- production line
- refinery
- sweatshop
- tannery
- the shop floor
- workshop
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