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conveyor belt
noun
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
a flexible endless strip of fabric or linked plates driven by rollers and used to transport objects, esp in a factory
Word History and Origins
Origin of conveyor belt1
Example Sentences
Other footage showed bags of flour being unloaded at a bakery and hundreds of pitta breads rolling out of its ovens on conveyor belts.
He is another one Brighton have picked off the conveyor belt.
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.
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.
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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