conveyor belt

noun

A continuous flexible band moved by a series of rollers to transport objects or material from one place to another, especially within a factory or mine.

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Meanings

nounconveyor belt (plural conveyor belts)

plural conveyor belts · alternative conveyer belt

  1. A continuous flexible band moved by a series of rollers to transport objects or material from one place to another, especially within a factory or mine.

    Some stone was being loaded into standard gauge wagons by means of a portable conveyor belt.

    1951 June, “Notes and News: The Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 423
    2 more examples

    BR success in establishing this new "Company" train service follows a year's operation of a conveyor-belt traffic in car parts between the Ford plant at Dagenham and the firm's recently-opened £30m Merseyside factory at Halewood, where Ford Corsairs, Capris and Anglias are manufactured.

    1964 July, “Ford Traffic Won by BR”, in Modern Railways, page 20

    Buckinghamshire Council has received proposals from HS2 Ltd to install a conveyor belt near Small Dean, Wendover. [...] The conveyor belt would be in place for two years and is estimated to remove the need for some 200 lorries per day.

    2022 February 23, “Network News: Conveyor belt to move HS2 earth”, in RAIL, number 951, page 20

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna moving belt that transports objects (as in a factory)

Similar
conveyer beltconveyerconveyortransporter
Broader
belt
Also see
conveyortransporter

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From conveyor + belt.

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Translations

Arabic حِزَام نَاقِل
  • حِزَام نَاقِل (ḥizām nāqil)continuous band moved to transport objects
Chinese Mandarin 傳送帶 /传送带
  • 傳送帶 /传送带 (chuánsòngdài)continuous band moved to transport objects
Czech dopravní pás
  • dopravní páscontinuous band moved to transport objects
Danish rullebånd, transportbånd
  • rullebåndcontinuous band moved to transport objects
  • transportbåndcontinuous band moved to transport objects
  • transportørcontinuous band moved to transport objects
Dutch loopband
  • loopbandcontinuous band moved to transport objects
Finnish liukuhihna
  • liukuhihnacontinuous band moved to transport objects
French bande transporteuse
  • bande transporteusecontinuous band moved to transport objects
German Fließband, Förderband
  • Fließbandcontinuous band moved to transport objects
  • Förderbandcontinuous band moved to transport objects
Hebrew מַסּוֹעַ, סֶרֶט נָע
  • מַסּוֹעַ (masóa')continuous band moved to transport objects
  • סֶרֶט נָע (séret na')continuous band moved to transport objects
Hindi कन्वेयर बेल्ट
  • कन्वेयर बेल्ट (kanveyar belṭ)continuous band moved to transport objects
Hungarian futószalag, szállítószalag
  • futószalagcontinuous band moved to transport objects
  • szállítószalagcontinuous band moved to transport objects
Icelandic færiband
  • færibandcontinuous band moved to transport objects
Irish crios iompair
  • crios iompaircontinuous band moved to transport objects
Italian nastro trasportatore
  • nastro trasportatorecontinuous band moved to transport objects
Japanese ベルトコンベア, コンベア
  • ベルトコンベア (berutokonbea)continuous band moved to transport objects
  • コンベア (konbea)continuous band moved to transport objects
Korean 컨베이어 벨트, 컨베이어
  • 컨베이어 벨트 (keonbeieo belteu)continuous band moved to transport objects
  • 컨베이어 (keonbeieo)continuous band moved to transport objects
Māori ara nekeneke
  • ara nekenekecontinuous band moved to transport objects
Norwegian Bokmål transportbånd, transportband
  • transportbåndcontinuous band moved to transport objects
  • transportbandcontinuous band moved to transport objects
Polish taśmociąg
  • taśmociągcontinuous band moved to transport objects
Portuguese esteira rolante
  • esteira rolantecontinuous band moved to transport objects
Romanian bandă rulantă
  • bandă rulantăcontinuous band moved to transport objects
Russian ле́нточный конве́йер, ле́нточный транспортёр
  • ле́нточный конве́йер (léntočnyj konvéjjer)continuous band moved to transport objects
  • ле́нточный транспортёр (léntočnyj transportjór)continuous band moved to transport objects
  • конве́йер (konvéjjer)continuous band moved to transport objects
Spanish cinta transportadora, transportador de / tipo banda
  • cinta transportadoracontinuous band moved to transport objects
  • transportador de / tipo bandacontinuous band moved to transport objects
Swedish band, transportband
  • bandcontinuous band moved to transport objects
  • transportbandcontinuous band moved to transport objects
Tamil கொண்டுவார்
  • கொண்டுவார் (koṇṭuvār)continuous band moved to transport objects
Thai สายพาน
  • สายพาน (sǎai-paan)continuous band moved to transport objects
Vietnamese băng chuyền, băng tải
  • băng chuyềncontinuous band moved to transport objects
  • băng tảicontinuous band moved to transport objects
Yiddish קאָנווייער
  • קאָנווייער (konveyer)continuous band moved to transport objects
Cite this entry
APA

conveyor belt. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/conveyor%20belt

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“conveyor belt.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/conveyor%20belt. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

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