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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The sushi will then be sent over to their booths via a conveyor belt that will be threaded from the kitchen to the dining room.
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Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 12 May 2026
The conveyor delivered my bowl to an elevator, which lifted it up through a hole at waist-level, ready to be grabbed by a human worker.
—Billy Perrigo, Time, 8 May 2026
During a recent demonstration, the robot pushed cargo onto a conveyor belt and signaled to a nearby worker.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 8 May 2026
The booth combined a UR10e case‑packing cell, Vention’s modular conveyor system for product movement and accumulation and a UR20 palletizer, showing how collaborative robots and modular hardware can create flexible, easy‑to‑deploy packaging lines.
—Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 7 May 2026
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Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 12 May 2026
The conveyor delivered my bowl to an elevator, which lifted it up through a hole at waist-level, ready to be grabbed by a human worker.
—Billy Perrigo, Time, 8 May 2026
During a recent demonstration, the robot pushed cargo onto a conveyor belt and signaled to a nearby worker.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 8 May 2026
The booth combined a UR10e case‑packing cell, Vention’s modular conveyor system for product movement and accumulation and a UR20 palletizer, showing how collaborative robots and modular hardware can create flexible, easy‑to‑deploy packaging lines.
—Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 7 May 2026
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“Conveyor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/conveyor. Accessed 15 May. 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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