conveyor
noun
a person or thing that conveys.
conveyors
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pluralof conveyor.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Murphy Road Recycling’s material recovery facility in Berlin, Conn., uses a largely unmanned system of conveyors, magnets, optical sorters and pneumatic blocks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 9, 2026
Phil became what few others in the arts or entertainment remain — conveyors of authentically good news.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 24, 2025
Once the pages are printed, they are trucked to a nearby bindery and fed into a whirring machine of conveyors, choppers and hot glue.
From New York Times ● Jun. 16, 2024
Melissa: The separation of all those products — plastics, paper, cardboard — onto their own conveyors is a master class in harnessing the laws of physics.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 5, 2024
Or, as one packinghouse manager explained, “If you need to turn out a little more, you speed up the conveyors a little and the men speed up to keep pace.”
From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield
