conveyor
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4.2
- noun
- /kənˈveɪər/
:
cinta transportadora
- The camera follows progress as numerous coins move on a conveyor system through a sorting machine.
- conveyor belt
- conveyor system
- conveyor line
It was one of those conveyor belt experience.
- It was one of those conveyor belt experience.
- It's like an upside down chocolate kiss conveyor belt.
- So instead of having people standing along a conveyor belt, you have bacteria that are graded by pH.
- And I felt like one of my happiest was going to the warehouse where this conveyor belt was being made for this show.
- So do we need to buy fork trucks to move things or do we need to put conveyor belts in?
- But for for birds did the typical way in which they're killed is they're dumped out of crates onto these moving conveyor belts.
- I've had it with these Yak mouth grocery store clerks making a comment on every fucking thing on the conveyor belt.
Examples
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Fish are transferred from the hopper by conveyor belts, draglines, or augers.
Academic text (1991) -
Your baggage will be delivered shortly on the conveyor belt.
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The operation of the conveyor is much more art than science.
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Put your bags on the conveyor.
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Main conveyor belt for sorting all mail.
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Remaining materials were passed over a second conveyor for sorting cans and bottles.
Academic text (1996) -
Oversized materials are transferred onto a 50-foot conveyor, elevated 13 feet off the ground.
Academic text (1996) -
"Originally, we were going to use overhead conveyors to move the biosolids," adds Spencer.
Academic text (1999) -
A front-end loader transfers materials to a feed conveyor leading to the first enclosed sorting line.
Academic text (1996) -
The factory's production line uses a conveyor belt to move products from one station to the next.
Synonyms
30
2.8
A moving belt that carries things like boxes or luggage
18
4.6
A machine like a conveyor belt that moves boxes
1
3.7
A moving belt that carries things in a factory
A moving band that carries things like luggage or boxes
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Etymology
The word conveyor comes from the verb convey, which means 'to carry' or 'move from one place to another', so a conveyor is literally something that carries things along, like a moving belt in a factory.