Hypertext Webster Gateway: "conveyor"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Conveyor \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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
conveyor
n 1: a person who conveys (carries or transmits); "the conveyer
of good tidings" [syn: {conveyer}]
2: a moving belt that transports objects (as in a factory)
[syn: {conveyer belt}, {conveyor belt}, {conveyer}, {transporter}]
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