conveyor belt


nounMachinery.
  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.

Origin of conveyor belt

1
First recorded in 1905–10

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British Dictionary definitions for conveyor belt

conveyor belt

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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