CONVEYER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does conveyer mean? 

• CONVEYER (noun)
  The noun CONVEYER has 2 senses:

1. a person who conveys (carries or transmits)

2. a moving belt that transports objects (as in a factory)

  Familiarity information: CONVEYER used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CONVEYER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A person who conveys (carries or transmits)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

conveyer; conveyor

Context example:

the conveyer of good tidings

Hypernyms ("conveyer" is a kind of...):

courier; messenger (a person who carries a message)

Derivation:

convey (take something or somebody with oneself somewhere)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A moving belt that transports objects (as in a factory)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

conveyer; conveyer belt; conveyor; conveyor belt; transporter

Hypernyms ("conveyer" is a kind of...):

belt (endless loop of flexible material between two rotating shafts or pulleys)

Domain category:

factory; manufactory; manufacturing plant; mill (a plant consisting of one or more buildings with facilities for manufacturing)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "conveyer"):

carousel; carrousel; luggage carousel; luggage carrousel (a conveyer belt that carries luggage to be claimed by air travelers)

Holonyms ("conveyer" is a part of...):

assembly line; line; production line (mechanical system in a factory whereby an article is conveyed through sites at which successive operations are performed on it)

Derivation:

convey (take something or somebody with oneself somewhere)