conveyor
Americannoun
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a person or thing that conveys
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short for conveyor belt
Etymology
Origin of conveyor
Example Sentences
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On the way down from that vantage point, Upper Yosemite Falls Trail, which was practically empty at 9 a.m., had turned into a human conveyor belt by 11 a.m.
From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026
Automated conveyor belts shuttle boxes of wine along to a massive pallet wrapper, like a giant cling film dispenser twirling the pallets around ready for shipment.
From BBC • May 18, 2026
"Oh no! There's plenty of work," the 55-year-old told AFP, speaking over the drone of a conveyor line at his new employer, households goods producer Biosphere.
From Barron's • May 13, 2026
As it sinks, it pulls heat, carbon and nutrients downward, helping drive a global system of currents sometimes described as a conveyor belt.
From Science Daily • Apr. 30, 2026
There was a milk-bottling plant, and I watched the rows of milk bottles move relentlessly along a conveyor belt and tried to make a big deal of that.
From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers
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