conveyor belt

/kənˌveɪər ˈbɛlt/

/kənˈveɪə bɛlt/

Other forms: conveyor belts

If you've ever stood at the baggage claim in an airport, watching suitcases and backpacks move past you on a baggage carousel, you know exactly what a conveyor belt is. It moves the bags around in a circle.

You're most likely to see a conveyor belt in a store or an airport. It is a machine built from some material, like rubber, that's stretched across rotating rollers which pull it forward, along with whatever is resting on it. Large post offices use a conveyor belt to move packages, and your food moves along on a conveyor belt at the grocery store checkout. To convey means to move.

Definitions of conveyor belt

1. noun

   a moving belt that transports objects (as in a factory)
   synonyms: conveyer, conveyer belt, conveyor, transporter

   types:

   carousel, carrousel, luggage carousel, luggage carrousel

   a conveyer belt that carries luggage to be claimed by air travelers

   type of:

   belt

   endless loop of flexible material between two rotating shafts or pulleys