Definition of carrier Carrier
/kæˈɹiɚ/ - [katreeer] - car•ri•er
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NounPlural: carriers |
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| carrier - a rack attached to a vehicle; for carrying luggage or skis or the like | ||
| rack a rapid gait of a horse in which each foot strikes the ground separately | ||
| bomb rack a device on an aircraft for carrying bombs | ||
| luggage carrier carrier (as behind a bicycle seat) for luggage | ||
| luggage rack, roof rack carrier for holding luggage above the seats of a train or on top of a car | ||
| carrier - (medicine) a person (or animal) who has some pathogen to which he is immune but who can pass it on to others | ||
| immune carrier | ||
| immune a person who is immune to a particular infection | ||
| transmitter, vector set used to broadcast radio or tv signals | ||
| medical specialty, medicine the learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a medical school and that is devoted to preventing or alleviating or curing diseases and injuries; "he studied medicine at Harvard" | ||
| carrier - someone whose employment involves carrying something; "the bonds were transmitted by carrier" | ||
| bearer, toter | ||
| traveler, traveller a person who changes location | ||
| carrier - a person or firm in the business of transporting people or goods or messages | ||
| common carrier | ||
| business concern, business organisation, business organization, concern, business something that interests you because it is important or affects you; "the safety of the ship is the captain's concern" | ||
| carrier - (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 | ||
| being, organism the state or fact of existing; "a point of view gradually coming into being"; "laws in existence for centuries" | ||
| carrier - a self-propelled wheeled vehicle designed specifically to carry something; "refrigerated carriers have revolutionized the grocery business" | ||
| self-propelled vehicle a wheeled vehicle that carries in itself a means of propulsion | ||
| carrier - a boy who delivers newspapers | ||
| newsboy | ||
| carrier - 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 | ||
| carrier - a large warship that carries planes and has a long flat deck for takeoffs and landings | ||
| aircraft carrier, flattop, attack aircraft carrier | ||
| combat ship, war vessel, warship a government ship that is available for waging war | ||
| arrester, arrester hook a restraint that slows airplanes as they land on the flight deck of an aircraft carrier | ||
| carrier - a radio wave that can be modulated in order to transmit a signal | ||
| carrier wave | ||
| radio emission, radio radiation, radio wave an electromagnetic wave with a wavelength between 0.5 cm to 30,000 m | ||
| carrier - a man who delivers the mail | ||
| mailman, postman, mail carrier, letter carrier | ||
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Wiktionary 
- carrier (Noun)
A person or object that carries someone or something else. - carrier (Noun)
A carrier pigeon , a newspaperese term misnomer for a homing pigeon , racing pigeon , racing homer , homer. - carrier (Noun)
An Old English carrier pigeon or Old English carrier the "King of the Doos ". - carrier (Noun)
A person or company in the business of shipping freight. - carrier (Noun)
A person or animal that transmits a disease to others without itself contracting the disease. - carrier (Noun)
A signal such as radio, sound, or light that is modulated to transmit information. - carrier (Noun)
A mobile network operator; wireless carrier . - carrier (Noun)
An inert material added to an active ingredient to aid in the application and/or the effectiveness of active ingredient. - carrier (Noun)
A certified airline. - carrier (Noun)
That which drives or carries. - carrier (Noun)
A piece which communicates to an object in a lathe the motion of the faceplate; a lathe dog. - carrier (Noun)
A spool holder or bobbin holder in a braiding machine. - carrier (Noun)
A movable piece in magazine guns which transfers the cartridge to a position from which it can be thrust into the barrel.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- carrier (n.)
One who, or that which, carries or conveys; a messenger. - carrier (n.)
One who is employed, or makes it his business, to carry goods for others for hire; a porter; a teamster. - carrier (n.)
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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An Athabaskan language of Canada. -
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Individual or company engaged in transporting passengers or goods for profit.
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🔤- carrier, noun, singular of carriers.
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