assembly plant
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3.2
- noun
- /əˈsɛm.bli plænt/
- Specialized
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planta de ensamblaje
- By some estimates, it now has at least eight more assembly plants than are needed.
- automobile assembly plant
- assembly plants go idle
- engine assembly plant
Examples
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With the rise of globalized business, assembly plants are becoming increasingly footloose.
Academic text (2004) -
The new assembly plant will help increase production rates and create jobs in the area.
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A production manager at an assembly plant has very little chance.
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This means opening three manufacturing and assembly plants in the Northeast.
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However, to blunt criticism, they opened an assembly plant in the US.
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Toyota has heavily invested in South Africa since it opened its first assembly plant in 1962.
Academic text (1991) -
The old Chrysler had assembly plants in China, but they had been idle since 2009.
Blog text (28) -
With the addition of the Boeing assembly plant in Charleston, the Carolina region has seen an increase in suppliers.
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GM employs about 5,000 people at its engineering and manufacturing facility in LaGrange and at its Diesel Division assembly plant in London, Ontario.
Academic text (1996) -
By the century's end, more than 300,000 workers were laboring in Central America's export-assembly plants, accounting for 35 percent of all manufacturing employment.
Academic text (2002)
Synonyms
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4.8
A building or group of buildings where goods are made
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1.0
A building where people make goods using machines
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3.2
A large factory where goods are made using machines
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3.5
A group of buildings where goods are made with machines
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9.2
A large building where people make things, like a factory
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Morphology
The meaning is directly and transparently derived from 'assembly' (a combined set of parts or the process of putting parts together) + 'plant' (a factory/building for industrial production): together they indicate a factory where assemblies are made. This noun+noun compositional pattern (place for X) is common in English and other languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents should be able to infer the meaning.
Etymology
Assembly plant comes from the words assembly, meaning putting parts together, and plant, a word for a building with machines. The image of people and machines joining parts helps explain why it means 'a factory where parts are put together'.