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Conveyor   /kənvˈeɪər/   Listen
noun
Conveyor  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.






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"Conveyor" Quotes from Famous Books



... was a saw, its axle running parallel to the roads. The logs were caught in grabs, slung on to the table of the saws and, moving automatically all the time, were cut into lengths of from seven to ten feet. The pieces passed for props were dumped on to a conveyor which ran them out of the shed to be stacked for seasoning and export. The rejected pieces by means of another conveyor moved to the third and fourth saws, where they were cut into blocks for firewood, being finally ...
— The Pit Prop Syndicate • Freeman Wills Crofts

... sash, door, blinds, moldings, and so forth, he had been wont to use about fifty per cent. of this material for fuel to maintain steam in the mill boilers, while the remainder passed out over the waste-conveyor to the slab ...
— Kindred of the Dust • Peter B. Kyne

... kart out and conveyed up the walk. The front door opened. Betty had been watching for him. He walked to the family vueroom, as usual declining to convey in the house. The hell with the conveyor's feelings, if so simple a robot really had any. He liked ...
— The Real Hard Sell • William W Stuart



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