carrier

Speech parts

1. carrier - Noun

2. Carrier - Proper noun

Meaning

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.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

bearer mail carrier messenger courier postman transport vehicle holder runner conveyor shipper conveyer vector transmitter airline
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Antonyms

receiver distinguished rising bitter appeasement pacification
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Hypernyms

being business chemical concern immune organism

Hyponyms

line luggage rack roof rack bomb rack luggage carrier ski rack

Phrases with the word

infantry carrier vehicle sound carrier postal carrier heat carrier harrier carrier lightning carrier

Examples

the bonds were transmitted by carrier Source: Internet

refrigerated carriers have revolutionized the grocery business Source: Internet

1998 to 2008 (Forward Deployed: Yokosuka, Japan) Kitty Hawk (right) relieves USS at Pearl Harbor as the 7th Fleet forward deployed carrier A navy petty officer supervises sailors performing a flight deck scrub down on board Kitty Hawk in August 2005. Source: Internet

A Brazilian airline became the first carrier earlier this month to start flying the 737 Max again. Source: Internet

24 of which will be available for carrier duties. citation The 2015 Strategic Defence and Security Review stated the intent for the UK to purchase 138 F-35 aircraft over the life of the programme. Source: Internet

1945 Overhauled, Indianapolis joined Vice Admiral Marc A. Mitscher 's fast carrier task force on 14 February 1945. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

carried out simultaneously carried through Carriegate carrier bag carrier belt carrier cell