carrier Sentence Examples

  1. The postal service truck served as a carrier for delivering packages and letters.
  2. The aircraft carrier docked in the harbor, towering over the surrounding ships.
  3. A mosquito can be a carrier of various diseases such as malaria and Zika virus.
  4. The internet service provider acted as the carrier for transmitting data to and from users' devices.
  5. The mother bird flew back to the nest with insects in its beak, acting as a carrier of food for its chicks.
  6. The carrier pigeon flew swiftly across the sky, delivering the message to its destination.
  7. The shipping company utilized a fleet of trucks as carriers to transport goods across the country.
  8. The carrier oil was mixed with essential oils to dilute them for use in aromatherapy.
  9. A carrier wave is used in telecommunications to transmit information.
  10. The carrier frequency of the radio station determined its position on the dial.

carrier Meaning

Wordnet

carrier (n)

someone whose employment involves carrying something

a self-propelled wheeled vehicle designed specifically to carry something

a large warship that carries planes and has a long flat deck for takeoffs and landings

an inactive substance that is a vehicle for a radioactive tracer of the same substance and that assists in its recovery after some chemical reaction

a person or firm in the business of transporting people or goods or messages

a radio wave that can be modulated in order to transmit a signal

a man who delivers the mail

a boy who delivers newspapers

(medicine) a person (or animal) who has some pathogen to which he is immune but who can pass it on to others

a rack attached to a vehicle; for carrying luggage or skis or the like

(genetics) an organism that possesses a recessive gene whose effect is masked by a dominant allele; the associated trait is not apparent but can be passed on to offspring

Webster

carrier (n.)

One who, or that which, carries or conveys; a messenger.

One who is employed, or makes it his business, to carry goods for others for hire; a porter; a teamster.

That which drives or carries; as: (a) A piece which communicates to an object in a lathe the motion of the face plate; a lathe dog. (b) A spool holder or bobbin holder in a braiding machine. (c) A movable piece in magazine guns which transfers the cartridge to a position from which it can be thrust into the barrel.

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FAQs About the word carrier

someone whose employment involves carrying something, a self-propelled wheeled vehicle designed specifically to carry something, a large warship that carries pl

vehicle,hauler, conveyance, transport, transportation, mover,transit,

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The postal service truck served as a carrier for delivering packages and letters.

The aircraft carrier docked in the harbor, towering over the surrounding ships.

A mosquito can be a carrier of various diseases such as malaria and Zika virus.

The internet service provider acted as the carrier for transmitting data to and from users' devices.