conveyor
noun
con·vey·or
kən-ˈvā-ər 
variants
or less commonly conveyer
: one that conveys: such as
a
: a person who transfers property
b
usually conveyor
: a mechanical apparatus for moving articles or bulk material from place to place (as by an endless moving belt or a chain of receptacles)
Examples of conveyor in a Sentence
the conveyor of good news
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Maintenance workers were exposed to caught-in and fall hazards while working on a hotel conveyor belt without a group lockout device.
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Dejanay Booth-Singleton, CBS News, 27 May 2026
In those places, the slow conveyor belt of the deep may occasionally give way to something more volatile, building islands that briefly rise above the surface before waves grind them back again.
—Quanta Magazine, 26 May 2026
The robots, nicknamed Bob, Jim, and Rose by online viewers, used onboard cameras and AI reasoning to detect barcodes, pick up packages, and place them, barcode-face-down, onto conveyor belts.
—Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 25 May 2026
The root cause might lie in solder paste deposition, component placement, conveyor vibration, reflow profile or some combination.
—Joel Scutchfield, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
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Dejanay Booth-Singleton, CBS News, 27 May 2026
In those places, the slow conveyor belt of the deep may occasionally give way to something more volatile, building islands that briefly rise above the surface before waves grind them back again.
—Quanta Magazine, 26 May 2026
The robots, nicknamed Bob, Jim, and Rose by online viewers, used onboard cameras and AI reasoning to detect barcodes, pick up packages, and place them, barcode-face-down, onto conveyor belts.
—Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 25 May 2026
The root cause might lie in solder paste deposition, component placement, conveyor vibration, reflow profile or some combination.
—Joel Scutchfield, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for conveyor
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“Conveyor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/conveyor. Accessed 4 Jun. 2026.
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conveyor
noun
con·vey·or
kən-ˈvā-ər
: a mechanical device for carrying packages or bulk material from place to place (as by an endless moving belt)
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