conveyor belt

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noun Machinery.

an endless belt or chain, set of rollers, etc., for carrying materials or objects short distances, as from one part of a building to another.

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Origin of conveyor belt

First recorded in 1905–10

Words nearby conveyor belt

conveyance, conveyancer, conveyancing, conveyed, conveyor, conveyor belt, conveyorize, convict, convicted, convictfish, conviction

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How to use conveyor belt in a sentence

The absence of what at times seemed an endless conveyor belt of conferences, trade shows and awards dinners is now missed by all, particularly those in the ad business.

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The machine cuts pieces of brain tissue into 30-nanometer-thick sections, which it then pastes onto a tape conveyor belt.

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Her job was to take packages out of the containers and place them on conveyor belts.

A Temp Worker Died on the Job After FedEx Didn’t Fix a Known Hazard. The Fine: $7,000.|by Wendi C. Thomas, MLK50: Justice Through Journalism|December 23, 2020|ProPublica
TOSHA interviewed more than a dozen workers in the input area and all said they were trained on line calls and safety procedures, including standing with their backs to the conveyor belt when the containers moved.

A Temp Worker Died on the Job After FedEx Didn’t Fix a Known Hazard. The Fine: $7,000.|by Wendi C. Thomas, MLK50: Justice Through Journalism|December 23, 2020|ProPublica

You’ve got a conveyor belt that’s coming through pretty quickly.

Jim Fish, CEO of Waste Management, on How the Pandemic Changed Garbage|Eben Shapiro|November 15, 2020|Time
They want to change bad behaviors—tobacco, alcohol, using a seat belt, anything.

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Now they are a notch on a belt, and the savior can feel good about themselves.

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Det. 2: No, not your belt . . . . Remember being out in the sunroom, the room that sits out to the back of the house?

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Not long after, a 10-year-old girl wearing a suicide belt was arrested.

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He would laboriously make his way from desk to loo, belt down a few, then return.

Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days|David Freeman|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
His boyish suspenders had been put away in favor of a belt, which was tight-drawn about his slim waist.

The Bondboy|George W. (George Washington) Ogden
He reached down inside my shirt, with a none too gentle hand, and relieved me of the belt that held the money.

Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair
Just smiled, a sardonic sort of grimace, and unbuckled his belt and handed it over without a word.

Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair
He put his hand to his belt, screwed up his mug, and said he felt plumb et up inside.

Alec Lloyd, Cowpuncher|Eleanor Gates
A millionaire might offer more for a life belt as a souvenir than a drowning man could pay for it to save his life.

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British Dictionary definitions for conveyor belt

conveyor belt

noun

a flexible endless strip of fabric or linked plates driven by rollers and used to transport objects, esp in a factory

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