dictionary definitions for "conveyor"


From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  conveyor
      n 1: a person who conveys (carries or transmits); "the conveyer
           of good tidings" [syn: conveyer, conveyor]
      2: a moving belt that transports objects (as in a factory) [syn:
         conveyer belt, conveyor belt, conveyer, conveyor,
         transporter]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Conveyor \Con*vey"or\, n. (Mach.)
     A contrivance for carrying objects from place to place; esp.,
     one for conveying grain, coal, etc., -- as a spiral or screw
     turning in a pipe or trough, an endless belt with buckets, or
     a truck running along a rope.
     [1913 Webster]


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