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
Workers loaded dozens of blue tubs on a white conveyor belt that appeared in front of buyers eating cherry ices on bleachers.
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Jason Horowitz, New York Times, 24 Sep. 2023
Kids can play clerk or customer and enjoy a working conveyor belt, beeping scanner, swiping credit card, and of course, shopping with items like gum, granola bars, and more.
—Chaunie Brusie, Rn, Parents, 18 Aug. 2023
Finally a sea of peas flows down the vibrating conveyor belt.
—Stephen Castle, New York Times, 9 Aug. 2023
The kitchen will be twice as large as at typical Chick-fil-A locations, which will be above the drive-thru, and orders will travel through an overhead conveyor belt connected with chutes that run down the sides, according to the company.
—Elizabeth Napolitano, CBS News, 28 July 2023
The system, called the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC), is part of the ocean’s global conveyor belt that moves water and nutrients across the seas.
—Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 July 2023
That deluge of freshwater is less dense than saltwater, meaning less water sinks and less power goes into the AMOC conveyor belt.
—WIRED, 26 July 2023
Under Earth’s current climate, this aquatic conveyor belt transports warm, salty water from the tropics to the North Atlantic, and then sends colder water back south along the ocean floor.
—Sarah Kaplan, BostonGlobe.com, 25 July 2023
This creates whirls known as eddies, which can combine to form larger whirls, with currents that act like temporary conveyor belts.
—The Conversation, oregonlive, 22 July 2023
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Jason Horowitz, New York Times, 24 Sep. 2023
Kids can play clerk or customer and enjoy a working conveyor belt, beeping scanner, swiping credit card, and of course, shopping with items like gum, granola bars, and more.
—Chaunie Brusie, Rn, Parents, 18 Aug. 2023
Finally a sea of peas flows down the vibrating conveyor belt.
—Stephen Castle, New York Times, 9 Aug. 2023
The kitchen will be twice as large as at typical Chick-fil-A locations, which will be above the drive-thru, and orders will travel through an overhead conveyor belt connected with chutes that run down the sides, according to the company.
—Elizabeth Napolitano, CBS News, 28 July 2023
The system, called the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC), is part of the ocean’s global conveyor belt that moves water and nutrients across the seas.
—Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 July 2023
That deluge of freshwater is less dense than saltwater, meaning less water sinks and less power goes into the AMOC conveyor belt.
—WIRED, 26 July 2023
Under Earth’s current climate, this aquatic conveyor belt transports warm, salty water from the tropics to the North Atlantic, and then sends colder water back south along the ocean floor.
—Sarah Kaplan, BostonGlobe.com, 25 July 2023
This creates whirls known as eddies, which can combine to form larger whirls, with currents that act like temporary conveyor belts.
—The Conversation, oregonlive, 22 July 2023
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Word History
First Known Use
circa 1514, in the meaning defined above
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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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