conveyor belt

1 of 2

noun

: conveyer sense 2a (1)

conveyor-belt

2 of 2

adjective

: of, relating to, or characteristic of mass production

conveyor-belt uniformity

conveyor-belt shoddiness

—Roy Lewis & Angus Maude

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conveyor belt

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