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View synonyms for conveyor

conveyor

or con·vey·er

[ kuhn-vey-er ]

noun

  1. a person or thing that conveys.


conveyor

/ kənˈveɪə /

noun

  1. a person or thing that conveys
  2. short for conveyor belt
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of conveyor1

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

As the cod came aboard, we’d toss them into a conveyor belt, stun them with a hard blow to the head, slice into their bellies, and rip out the guts.

The app is a conveyor belt of doors, opening and closing, on some strange reality.

From Ozy

Too often we use the conveyor belt strategy within out marketing departments.

He waves at a conveyor built carrying taser parts, touting the company as an effective driver of the country’s “economic engine.”

From Time

Then they direct the trash onto a conveyor belt that shuttles it into six large onboard dumpsters.

And it depends on grand juries who act as a conveyor belt, quickly funneling tens of thousands of young Black men into prison.

Republican Scott Brown, the former Massachusetts senator now running in the Granite State, is the best conveyor of the message.

They are feeding it on to the conveyor belt, a moving rubber belt a couple of feet wide which runs a yard or two behind them.

After the blasting has been done the 'fillers' can tumble the coal out, break it up and shovel it on to the conveyor belt.

Canvass of the local trucking industry brought to light the conveyor of that elegant article of furniture.

The conveyor extension is removable, and should always be tight before machine is started.

Worn boxes should be taken up or rebabbitted, and conveyor and shoe eccentrics replaced if worn out.

If too many teeth are used in the concave, the conveyor sieve will be forced to carry more chaff than it can handle.

The conveyor groaned on, bringing up the next unit, a sleek little cruiser.

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