conveyor belt en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Etymology
From conveyor + belt.
Meanings
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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: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: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:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| conveyor belts | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| conveyer belt | alternative | lexicographic |
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Translations (43)
he מַסּוֹעַ (continuous band moved to transport objects) · yi קאָנווייער (continuous band moved to transport objects) · ru ле́нточный конве́йер (continuous band moved to transport objects) · ro bandă rulantă (continuous band moved to transport objects) · fo flutningsband (continuous band moved to transport objects) · mi ara nekeneke (continuous band moved to transport objects) · sv band (continuous band moved to transport objects) · hu szállítószalag (continuous band moved to transport objects) · ja ベルトコンベア (continuous band moved to transport objects) · ru ле́нточный транспортёр (continuous band moved to transport objects) · ko 컨베이어 벨트 (continuous band moved to transport objects) · ga crios iompair (continuous band moved to transport objects) · is færiband (continuous band moved to transport objects) · vi băng tải (continuous band moved to transport objects) · es cinta transportadora (continuous band moved to transport objects) · cmn 傳送帶 /传送带 (continuous band moved to transport objects) · da rullebånd (continuous band moved to transport objects) · fi liukuhihna (continuous band moved to transport objects) · th สายพาน (continuous band moved to transport objects) · it nastro trasportatore (continuous band moved to transport objects) · nb transportband (continuous band moved to transport objects) · es transportador de / tipo banda (continuous band moved to transport objects) · fr bande transporteuse (continuous band moved to transport objects) · vi băng chuyền (continuous band moved to transport objects) · pl taśmociąg (continuous band moved to transport objects) · nn transportband (continuous band moved to transport objects) · hu futószalag (continuous band moved to transport objects) · ko 컨베이어 (continuous band moved to transport objects) · pt esteira rolante (continuous band moved to transport objects) · ta கொண்டுவார் (continuous band moved to transport objects) · ru конве́йер (continuous band moved to transport objects) · nl loopband (continuous band moved to transport objects) · ja コンベア (continuous band moved to transport objects) · da transportbånd (continuous band moved to transport objects) · he סֶרֶט נָע (continuous band moved to transport objects) · cs dopravní pás (continuous band moved to transport objects) · ar حِزَام نَاقِل (continuous band moved to transport objects) · nb transportbånd (continuous band moved to transport objects) · hi कन्वेयर बेल्ट (continuous band moved to transport objects) · de Förderband (continuous band moved to transport objects) · da transportør (continuous band moved to transport objects) · sv transportband (continuous band moved to transport objects) · de Fließband (continuous band moved to transport objects)