conveyor belt

American  

noun

Machinery.

conveyor belts plural

1. 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.

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conveyor belt British  

noun

1. 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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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• conveyor belts
  plural

Etymology

Origin of conveyor belt

First recorded in 1905–10

Example Sentences

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conveyor belt

Large cracks were on walls, and the airport’s check-in areas and its baggage conveyor belt were covered with bricks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026

“Until you have stronger economic growth and are less constrained by debt, it’s highly likely the conveyor belt of PMs will continue.”

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 22, 2026

Like Rangnick, Kleitsch had been an instrumental figure in the shift to zonal marking, and he was also credited with making Stuttgart into a conveyor belt of world-class youth talent.

From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2026

Lately, she’s making a feast of roles that all remind me of that old sitcom episode in which Lucille Ball gobbles chocolates on a conveyor belt.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2026

The guard—her name tag says Irene—stops my bin from traveling onto the conveyor belt, as she’s done every day.

From "The Sun Is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon