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carrier Meaning
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
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.
carrier Sentence Examples
- 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.
- The mother bird flew back to the nest with insects in its beak, acting as a carrier of food for its chicks.
- The carrier pigeon flew swiftly across the sky, delivering the message to its destination.
- The shipping company utilized a fleet of trucks as carriers to transport goods across the country.
- The carrier oil was mixed with essential oils to dilute them for use in aromatherapy.
- A carrier wave is used in telecommunications to transmit information.
- The carrier frequency of the radio station determined its position on the dial.
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
hauler, transport, conveyance, vehicle, transportation,transit, mover,
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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.
