shop floor (redirected from shop-floor)

shop floor

Noun

1. the production area of a factory

2. workers, esp. factory workers, as opposed to management

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

shop floor - workplace consisting of the part of a factory housing the machines; "the productive work is done on the shop floor" factory, manufactory, manufacturing plant, mill - a plant consisting of one or more buildings with facilities for manufacturing workplace, work - a place where work is done; "he arrived at work early today"

Translations

shop floor n (BRIT) (fig) → taller m; fábrica

shop floor n (Brit) (fig); ouvriers mpl

shop floor shop (Brit) n (workers) → Arbeiter pl;

on the shop floor → bei or unter den Arbeitern

shop floor n (BRIT) (fig) → operai mpl; maestranze fpl