conveyor

  • 1conveyor — 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

  • 2conveyor — 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

  • 3conveyor — 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

  • 4Conveyor — 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

  • 5Conveyor — Conveyor, s. Konveyor …

    Lexikon der gesamten Technik

  • 6conveyor — index carrier Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

    Law dictionary

  • 7conveyor — /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

  • 8conveyor — 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

  • 9conveyor — 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

  • 10conveyor — n. someone or something which conveys; conveyor belt (apparatus for transporting material from place to place) …

    English contemporary dictionary