Get the FREE one-click dictionary software for Windows
or the iPhone/iPad and Android apps
Noun: conveyor belt  kun'vey-ur belt
  1. A moving belt used to transport items or materials from one place to another
    "The assembly line workers placed finished products on the conveyor belt";
    - conveyer belt, conveyer, conveyor, transporter
     
  2. A system or process that moves things or people through in a mechanical or impersonal way
    "The education system had become a conveyor belt producing standardized graduates"

Derived forms: conveyor belts

Type of: belt

Part of: assembly line, line, production line

Encyclopedia: Conveyor belt