Dictionary

conveyor en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (US) audio
• /kənˈveɪə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• kənvāʹər (US)
• /kənˈveɪɚ/ (US)

Etymology

From convey + -or.

Meanings

1. A person that conveys, transports or delivers.
2. Anything that conveys, transports or delivers.
   • Words are a conveyor of meaning.
3. 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:

Forms

Coordinates

chute · skip · elevator

Deriveds

chain conveyor · conveyorless · conveyorise · shuttle conveyor · belt conveyor · conveyor-broiler · conveyorization · conveyor belt · conveyorize

Descendants

conveyu

Translations (23)

be канве́ер (a mechanical arrangement for transporting material or objects) · ru перево́зчик (a person that conveys, transports or delivers) · cs přepravník (a mechanical arrangement for transporting material or objects) · ja コンベア (a mechanical arrangement for transporting material or objects) · ko 컨베이어 (a mechanical arrangement for transporting material or objects) · sk dopravník (a mechanical arrangement for transporting material or objects) · fi kuljetin (a mechanical arrangement for transporting material or objects) · fi välittäjä (a person that conveys, transports or delivers) · fi kuljettaja (a person that conveys, transports or delivers) · ru перево́зчик (anything that conveys, transports or delivers) · ru конве́йер (a mechanical arrangement for transporting material or objects) · cs dopravník (a mechanical arrangement for transporting material or objects) · ru транспортёр (anything that conveys, transports or delivers) · ky жылдыргыч (a mechanical arrangement for transporting material or objects) · bg конве́йр (a mechanical arrangement for transporting material or objects) · uk конве́єр (a mechanical arrangement for transporting material or objects) · pl przenośnik (a mechanical arrangement for transporting material or objects) · fi kuljetin (anything that conveys, transports or delivers) · ru перево́зчица (a person that conveys, transports or delivers) · fr convoyeur (anything that conveys, transports or delivers) · kk конвейер (a mechanical arrangement for transporting material or objects) · cmn 傳送帶 /传送带 (a mechanical arrangement for transporting material or objects) · fr convoyeur (a person that conveys, transports or delivers)