- assembly-line
- adjective
Date: 1939
made by or as if by an assembly line; especially lacking originality or creativity <bored by the novel's assembly-line plot>
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
assembly-line
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assembly 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, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
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assembly line — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms assembly line : singular assembly line plural assembly lines a) a system for making products in a factory in which each worker or machine is responsible for adding or checking a particular part b) a moving belt … English dictionary
