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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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Etymology

Origin of conveyor belt

First recorded in 1905–10

Example Sentences

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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

Even as it tries to cut back, the PIF has been a conveyor belt of costly new investments.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026

Hundreds of discarded batteries rattle along a conveyor belt into a crusher in a remote plant in northern India, fuelling a multi-billion-dollar industry that is bolstering the country's geopolitical ambitions.

From Barron's • Feb. 18, 2026

Patients were wheeled in and out of the colonoscopy room with the efficiency of a conveyor belt.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 3, 2026

The queen looked like one of her caged animals being whisked off on a conveyor belt.

From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan

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