conveyor

English

Alternative forms

• conveyour (obsolete)
• conveyer (rare)

Etymology

From convey +‎ -or.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kənˈveɪə/
• (US) enPR: kənvāʹər, IPA^(key): /kənˈveɪɚ/

Noun

conveyor (plural conveyors)

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 moderate distances, as from one part of a building to another.

   Coordinate terms: elevator, skip, chute

   • 2023 March 8, Chris Howe, “Building the platform for Old Oak Common's platforms”, in RAIL, number 978, page 60:

     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.

Derived terms

• belt conveyor
• chain conveyor
• conveyor belt
• conveyor-broiler
• conveyorise
• conveyorization
• conveyorize
• conveyorless
• shuttle conveyor

 

Translations

a person that conveys, transports or delivers

• Finnish: välittäjä (fi), kuljettaja (fi)
• French: convoyeur (fr) m
• Russian: перево́зчик (ru) m (perevózčik), перево́зчица (ru) f (perevózčica)

anything that conveys, transports or delivers

• Finnish: kuljetin (fi)
• French: convoyeur (fr) m
• Russian: перево́зчик (ru) m (perevózčik), транспортёр (ru) m (transportjór)

a mechanical arrangement for transporting material or objects

• Belarusian: канве́ер m (kanvjéjer)
• Bulgarian: конве́йр m (konvéjr)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 傳送帶／传送带 (zh) (chuánsòngdài)

• Czech: přepravník (cs) m, dopravník (cs) m
• Finnish: kuljetin (fi)
• Japanese: コンベア (ja) (konbea)
• Kazakh: конвейер (konveier)
• Korean: 컨베이어 (ko) (keonbeieo)
• Kyrgyz: жылдыргыч (jıldırgıc)
• Polish: przenośnik m
• Russian: конве́йер (ru) m (konvéjer)
• Slovak: dopravník m
• Ukrainian: конве́єр m (konvéjer)