conveyor

or con·vey·er

[ kuhn-vey-er ]

noun

1. a person or thing that conveys.
2. conveyor belt.

conveyor

/ kənˈveɪə /

noun

1. a person or thing that conveys
2. short for conveyor belt

Word History and Origins

Origin of conveyor¹

First recorded in 1505–15; convey + -or ²

Example Sentences

Nearly vertical conveyor belts lifted dry ingredients high up to be deposited into hoppers where they were mixed with water and then the wet concrete was poured into waiting trucks below.

From Los Angeles Times

If not, and Lawson was just the next driver on the conveyor belt, they might as well have waited until the end of the season and drafted the New Zealander in at RB in 2025.

From BBC

Ever since the launch of the Silk Road marketplace in 2011, there has been a steady conveyor belt of websites selling illegal goods and services.

From BBC

Those grocery giants are trying to push through a gargantuan $24.6-billion merger that, like all such mergers, will almost certainly produce higher prices at the checkout conveyor.

From Los Angeles Times

A woman has died after becoming trapped in a conveyor belt in a baggage area at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport.

From BBC

Related Words

• shipment
• shipping
• transit
• transportation