conveyor

noun

con·​vey·​or kən-ˈvā-ər How to pronounce conveyor (audio)
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)

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the conveyor of good news
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Switching on conveyor belts that extended from the stern of the ship into the water, the crew began to haul in streams of seaweed, dumping it onto the hull, where workers packed it in with a bulldozer. — David Shortell Cristopher Rogel Blanquet, New York Times, 28 Oct. 2026 The skin in the ear canal grows outward like a conveyor belt. — David Hu, The Conversation, 27 Oct. 2026 All the while, another machine consisting of a motor, a cylindrical blade assembly and a conveyor belt swallowed logs into one end and delivered a stream of wood chips out the other. — Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2026 Nonfood contact surfaces of pizza conveyor oven lack cleaning. — Nwa Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas Online, 19 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for conveyor

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1514, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of conveyor was circa 1514

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conveyor

noun
con·​vey·​or kən-ˈvā-ər How to pronounce conveyor (audio)
: a mechanical device for carrying packages or bulk material from place to place (as by an endless moving belt)

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