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

Recent Examples on the Web

The conveyor provides access to beginner terrain and a terrain park with nine features, the release said. —Rose Evans, Idaho Statesman, 28 Nov. 2025

And developers are working on using event sensors to count objects on fast-moving conveyor belts, provide visual-feedback control for industrial robots, and to make touchless vibration measurements of equipment, for predictive maintenance. —Christoph Posch, IEEE Spectrum, 26 Nov. 2025

Digit’s role in modern warehouses Digit was tasked with moving inventory from autonomous mobile robots to conveyors. —Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 21 Nov. 2025

This is not only because of overall melt, but because glaciers already function like massive, slow-motion conveyor belts. —Outside, 18 Nov. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1514, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for conveyor

• assayer
• ballplayer
• betrayer
• bilayer
• bricklayer
• conveyer
• purveyor
• ratepayer
• soothsayer
• surveyor
• taxpayer
• gayer

Kids Definition

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)