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Definition: Conveyor Belt |
Conveyor BeltNoun1. A moving belt that transports objects (as in a factory). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Food & Agriculture | A conveyor with an endless belt for transporting concrete to the job site ; conveyor consisting of an endless belt used as the means of transport. Source: European Union. (references) |
Industry | An endless band passing over, and driven by horizontal terminal drums, thus constituting a moving track which is used to convey bulk material. Source: European Union. (references) |
Transportation | Mechanical system for carrying packages and luggage by means of an endless moving belt. Source: European Union. (references) |
| A moving belt used for the conveyance of baggage, cargo, mail, stores, etc. Source: European Union. (references) | |
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See also: global conveyor belt
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Synonyms: Conveyor BeltSynonyms: conveyer (n), conveyer belt (n), conveyor (n), transporter (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Conveyor Belt |
| English words defined with "conveyor belt": drop ♦ leave out ♦ miss ♦ neglect ♦ omit, overleap, overlook ♦ pretermit. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "conveyor belt": interwoven conveyor belt ♦ rubber conveyor belt ♦ solid woven conveyor belt, steel-cable conveyor belt, stitched canvas conveyor belt ♦ wire-mesh conveyor belt. (references) |
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Clever | Hershey's Kisses are called that because the machine that makes them looks like it's kissing the conveyor belt. (references; author: unknown) | |
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Consumer Goods | |
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 | Cans, after sterilizing in steam, travel in conveyor belt to canning room. Phillips Packing Company, Cambridge, Maryland. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Freeport Sulphur Company, Grand Ecaille, Louisiana. Conveyor belt which carries sulphur from vats to hopper where it is loaded on the barges. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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Economic History | Brazil | In addition, the modernization and privatization of Brazilian airports and ports are requiring purchases in the material-handling sector such as cranes, conveyor belt systems, and loading/unloading docking equipment. (references) |
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| Language | Translations for "conveyor belt"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | shirit transportieri. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | حزام النقل, حزام التوصيل (speedwalk). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | pásový dopravník, bìžící pás. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | transportbaand (belt conveyor, belt type conveyor), transportbånd (band conveyor, belt conveyor, carrier, chain and slat conveyor, conveyor, grasshopper, moving-band conveyor, moving-belt conveyor), traekkekaeder (caterpillar belt, drawing chains), baeltetransportoer (band conveyor, belt conveyor, moving-band conveyor, moving-belt conveyor), baandtransportoer (belt conveyor, belt type conveyor), båndelevator (band conveyor, belt conveyor, moving-band conveyor, moving-belt conveyor). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | trekkettingen (caterpillar belt, drawing chains), transportband (band conveyor, belt conveyor, belt type conveyor, continuous system, conveyer, conveyor, horizontal conveyor, moving way, moving-band conveyor, moving-belt conveyor, treadmill), rollenband (band conveyor, belt conveyor, moving-band conveyor, moving-belt conveyor), lopende band (band conveyor, belt, belt conveyor, belt type conveyor, flow-band, moving band, moving-band conveyor, moving-belt conveyor), bandtransporteur (belt conveyor, belt type conveyor). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | kuljetushihna (belt conveyor, belt type conveyor). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | chaînes d'étirage, convoyeur bande (belt conveyor, belt type conveyor), convoyeur bande souple (band conveyor, belt conveyor, moving-band conveyor, moving-belt conveyor), convoyeur courroie (belt conveyor, belt type conveyor), courroie de transporteur (band conveyor, belt conveyor, moving-band conveyor, moving-belt conveyor), courroie transporteuse (belt conveyor), tapis roulant, bande transporteuse, tapis convoyeur, transporteur sans fin, transporteur bande (belt conveyor, belt type conveyor, conveyor system), transporteur bandes (belt conveyor, belt type conveyor), transporteur courroie (belt conveyor, belt type conveyor), transporteur tapis (belt conveyor, belt type conveyor), transporteur par bande glissante (belt conveyor, belt type conveyor), transporteur par bande roulante (belt conveyor, belt type conveyor), transporteur par tapis roulant (belt conveyor, belt type conveyor), tapis (band conveyor, belt conveyor, moving-band conveyor, moving-belt conveyor). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Förderband (band conveyor, belt conveyor, carrier, chain and slat conveyor, moving-band conveyor, moving-belt conveyor). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κυλιόμενος ιμάντας, μεταφορικές ταινίες τραβήγματος (caterpillar belt, drawing chains), μεταφορική ταινία (apron, drag apron, endless floor, floor conveyor, moving apron, slat conveyor), μεταφορεύς δι'ιμάντος (belt conveyor, belt type conveyor), εύκαμπτος ταινιόδρομος (band conveyor, belt conveyor, moving-band conveyor, moving-belt conveyor), αλυσίδες τραβίγματος (caterpillar belt, drawing chains). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | רצועת תמסורת. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | futószalag (band, conveyer belt, endless band, erecting track). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | convogliatore a nastro (belt conveyor, belt type conveyor), convogliatore a catena (band conveyor, belt conveyor, moving-band conveyor, moving-belt conveyor), catene di stiramento (caterpillar belt, drawing chains), trasportatore a nastro (belt conveyor, belt type conveyor), nastro trasportatore (belt conveyor, belt type conveyor, carousel, conveyor), nastro di trasportatore (belt conveyor, belt type conveyor). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | cryss ymmyrkee. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | onveyorcay eltbay correia transportadora (belt conveyor, belt type conveyor). (various references) транспортерная лента, ленточный транспортер. (various references) pokretna traka, neprekidna traka. (various references) cinta transportadora (band conveyor). (various references) transportband (conveyer, conveyor), remtransportör (band conveyor, belt conveyor, moving-band conveyor, moving-belt conveyor), löpande band, kedjetransportör (caterpillar belt, drawing chains), dragkedjor (caterpillar belt, drawing chains), bandtransportör (belt conveyor, belt type conveyor). (various references) taşıma bandı (conveyor band). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-c-e-e-l-n-o-o-r-t-v-y" | |
-4 letters: borecole, brevetcy, conveyer, conveyor, coverlet, covertly, electron, overlent, overtone, recently, reconvey, verboten. | |
-5 letters: boloney, bootery, borneol, botonee, control, convert, coronel, coronet, coveter, ecotone, elector, electro, elytron, erectly, eyebolt, lectern, novelty, overbet, overcoy, overlet, overtly. | |
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