Meanings
nounconveyor (plural conveyors)
plural conveyors · alternative obsolete conveyour · alternative rare conveyer
- A person that conveys, transports or delivers.
- Anything that conveys, transports or delivers.
Words are a conveyor of meaning.
- A mechanical arrangement for transporting material or objects, generally over short or moderate distances, as from one part of a building to another.
The 1.7 mile-long conveyor system was commissioned in November 2022, and will remove one million lorry movements from the roads around West London.
2023 March 8, Chris Howe, “Building the platform for Old Oak Common's platforms”, in RAIL, number 978, page 60
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna moving belt that transports objects (as in a factory)
Broader
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Origin
Translations
Bulgarian конве́йр
- конве́йр (konvéjr)a mechanical arrangement for transporting material or objects
Chinese Mandarin 傳送帶 /传送带
- 傳送帶 /传送带 (chuánsòngdài)a mechanical arrangement for transporting material or objects
Czech přepravník, dopravník
- přepravníka mechanical arrangement for transporting material or objects
- dopravníka mechanical arrangement for transporting material or objects
Finnish välittäjä, kuljettaja
- välittäjäa person that conveys, transports or delivers
- kuljettajaa person that conveys, transports or delivers
- kuljetinanything that conveys, transports or delivers
- kuljetina mechanical arrangement for transporting material or objects
French convoyeur, convoyeur
- convoyeura person that conveys, transports or delivers
- convoyeuranything that conveys, transports or delivers
Japanese コンベア
- コンベア (konbea)a mechanical arrangement for transporting material or objects
Korean 컨베이어
- 컨베이어 (keonbeieo)a mechanical arrangement for transporting material or objects
Polish przenośnik
- przenośnika mechanical arrangement for transporting material or objects
Russian перево́зчик, перево́зчица
- перево́зчик (perevózčik)a person that conveys, transports or delivers
- перево́зчица (perevózčica)a person that conveys, transports or delivers
- перево́зчик (perevózčik)anything that conveys, transports or delivers
- транспортёр (transportjór)anything that conveys, transports or delivers
- конве́йер (konvéjjer)a mechanical arrangement for transporting material or objects
Slovak dopravník
- dopravníka mechanical arrangement for transporting material or objects
Ukrainian конве́єр
- конве́єр (konvéjer)a mechanical arrangement for transporting material or objects
Cite this entry
APA
conveyor. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/conveyor
MLA
“conveyor.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/conveyor. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “conveyor,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/conveyor.
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