"conveyor" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /kənˈveɪə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /kənˈveɪɚ/ [US] Forms: conveyors [plural]
enPR: kənvāʹər [US] Etymology: convey + -or. Etymology templates: {{affix|en|convey|-or}} convey + -or Head templates: {{en-noun}} conveyor (plural conveyors)
  1. A person that conveys, transports or delivers. Translations (a person that conveys, transports or delivers): välittäjä (Finnish), kuljettaja (Finnish), convoyeur [masculine] (French), перево́зчик (perevózčik) [masculine] (Russian), перево́зчица (perevózčica) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-conveyor-en-noun-wsTTGdt9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -or Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 45 9 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 57 32 11 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -or: 50 36 14 Disambiguation of 'a person that conveys, transports or delivers': 83 16 1
  2. Anything that conveys, transports or delivers. Translations (anything that conveys, transports or delivers): kuljetin (Finnish), convoyeur [masculine] (French), перево́зчик (perevózčik) [masculine] (Russian), транспортёр (transportjór) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-conveyor-en-noun-pM8GghrZ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 45 9 Disambiguation of 'anything that conveys, transports or delivers': 22 77 1
  3. A mechanical arrangement for transporting material or objects, generally over short or moderate distances, as from one part of a building to another. Categories (topical): People Translations (a mechanical arrangement for transporting material or objects): канве́ер (kanvjéjer) [masculine] (Belarusian), конве́йр (konvéjr) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 傳送帶 (Chinese Mandarin), 传送带 (chuánsòngdài) (Chinese Mandarin), přepravník [masculine] (Czech), dopravník [masculine] (Czech), kuljetin (Finnish), コンベア (konbea) (Japanese), конвейер (konveier) (Kazakh), 컨베이어 (keonbeieo) (Korean), жылдыргыч (jıldırgıc) (Kyrgyz), przenośnik [masculine] (Polish), конве́йер (konvéjer) [masculine] (Russian), dopravník [masculine] (Slovak), конве́єр (konvéjer) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-conveyor-en-noun-zjW2ANqa Disambiguation of People: 2 2 96 Disambiguation of 'a mechanical arrangement for transporting material or objects': 2 3 95
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: conveyour [obsolete], conveyer [rare] Derived forms: belt conveyor, chain conveyor, conveyor belt, conveyor-broiler, shuttle conveyor

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      "code": "ko",
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      "sense": "a mechanical arrangement for transporting material or objects",
      "word": "컨베이어"
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      "code": "uk",
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      "roman": "konvéjer",
      "sense": "a mechanical arrangement for transporting material or objects",
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      "word": "конве́єр"
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