conveyor belt

American

noun

Machinery.

an endless belt or chain, set of rollers, etc., for carrying materials or objects short distances, as from one part of a building to another.

conveyor belt British

noun

a flexible endless strip of fabric or linked plates driven by rollers and used to transport objects, esp in a factory

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Noun Inflected Forms

conveyor belts

plural

Etymology

Origin of conveyor belt

First recorded in 1905–10

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conveyor belt

This combination — a demographic conveyor belt of affluent consumers entering the ages when gravity becomes an issue — is a compelling investment thesis.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 5, 2026

"Didn't know what was ahead of me. The conveyor belt of 'unwed mother' took control, and that was when I lost control."

From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026

For decades, he supervised the coal conveyor belt that fed generators, breathing in dust and gas that "nipped his throat".

From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026

I worked a teamster job loading magazines onto a conveyor belt.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026

The high-tech conveyor belt was actually a series of rollers.

From "Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library" by Chris Grabenstein

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