Conveyor
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conveyor — The mechanical or gravity operated belt or rollers for transferring mail between car or vehicle and platform, or from one location to another in a post office. (Also see gravity roller conveyor, loading conveyor, and surge conveyor) (Also… … Glossary of postal terms
conveyor — UK [kənˈveɪə(r)] / US [kənˈveɪər] or conveyer UK / US noun [countable] Word forms conveyor : singular conveyor plural conveyors 1) a conveyor belt 2) someone or something that carries or communicates something, especially news … English dictionary
conveyor — or conveyer [kən vā′ər] n. one that conveys; esp., a mechanical contrivance, as a continuous chain or belt (conveyor belt), for conveying something … English World dictionary
Conveyor — Con*vey or, n. (Mach.) A contrivance for carrying objects from place to place; esp., one for conveying grain, coal, etc., as a spiral or screw turning in a pipe or trough, an endless belt with buckets, or a truck running along a rope. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
conveyor — index carrier Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
conveyor — /keuhn vay euhr/, n. 1. a person or thing that conveys. 2. See conveyor belt. Also, conveyer. [1505 15; CONVEY + OR2] * * * ▪ mechanical device any of various devices that provide mechanized movement of material, as in a factory; they are… … Universalium
conveyor — also conveyer noun Date: circa 1514 one that conveys: as a. a person who transfers property b. (usually conveyor) a mechanical apparatus for moving articles or bulk material from place to place (as by an endless moving belt or a chain of… … New Collegiate Dictionary
conveyor — con|vey|or conveyer [kənˈveıə US ər] n 1.) a person or thing that carries or communicates something ▪ the conveyer of good news 2.) a conveyor belt … Dictionary of contemporary English
conveyor — n. someone or something which conveys; conveyor belt (apparatus for transporting material from place to place) … English contemporary dictionary
conveyor — con•vey•or or con•vey•er [[t]kənˈveɪ ər[/t]] n. 1) a person or thing that conveys 2) mac conveyor belt • Etymology: 1505–15 … From formal English to slang
