conveyor

noun
/kənˈveɪə/UK/kənˈveɪɚ/US

Etymology

From convey + -or.

  1. derived from via
  2. derived from *convio
  3. derived from conveier
  4. inherited from conveien
  5. formed as conveyor — “convey + -or

Definitions

  1. A person that conveys, transports or delivers.

  2. Anything that conveys, transports or delivers.

    • Words are a conveyor of meaning.
  3. A mechanical arrangement for transporting material or objects, generally over short or…

    A mechanical arrangement for transporting material or objects, generally over short or moderate distances, as from one part of a building to another.

    • The 1.7 mile-long conveyor system was commissioned in November 2022, and will remove one million lorry movements from the roads around West London.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for conveyor. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA