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

Fhimah placed it onto a conveyor belt, introducing the unaccompanied bag into the international baggage system, tagged to be flown to the US.

From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026

The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, or AMOC, is a vast system of ocean currents that acts like a planetary conveyor belt.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 28, 2026

At the checkout, another older man asked about the wine I was carefully laying down sideways on the fast-moving conveyor belt.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026

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

A kitchen staffer stuck her head out over the conveyor belt and called: “Trays!”

From "Stargirl" by Jerry Spinelli

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