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conveyor belt

noun

Machinery.
  1. an endless belt or chain, set of rollers, etc., for carrying materials or objects short distances, as from one part of a building to another.


conveyor belt

noun

  1. a flexible endless strip of fabric or linked plates driven by rollers and used to transport objects, esp in a factory
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of conveyor belt1

First recorded in 1905–10
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Rescuers are using a train to get to a point from where they need to climb on to a conveyor belt to remove the debris.

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In recent years, police have been also cracking down on pranksters who have committed "sushi terrorism" in sushi conveyor belt restaurants, such as licking communal soy sauce bottles and squashing sushi meant for diners.

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Speaking to the BBC, Badenoch said the current rules had created a "conveyor belt" to citizenship for those who had just arrived in the country.

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Aleman placed the roses on a conveyor belt, advancing them to a rotary saw that cut their stems.

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Its features include a short conveyor belt that carries skiers and boarders to the spots where the lift will pick them up for a ride of about 2,500 feet.

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