Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

conveyor belt

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.25 in modern English

Syllables: con-vey-or -belt
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

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.

Example Sentences

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

Etymology

From conveyor + belt.

Inflected Forms

conveyor belts (plural) conveyer belt (alternative)

Phrases

conveyor belt sushi

Synonyms

conveyer belt conveyer conveyor transporter

Questions

What does conveyor belt mean?: 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.
Where does conveyor belt come from?: From conveyor + belt.

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