carrier
1. a self-propelled wheeled vehicle designed specifically to carry something (Freq. 3)
- refrigerated carriers have revolutionized the grocery business
• Derivationally related forms:
carry
• Hypernyms:
self-propelled vehicle
2. a large warship that carries planes and has a long flat deck for takeoffs and landings (Freq. 3)
• Syn:
aircraft carrier, flattop, attack aircraft carrier
• Derivationally related forms:
carry
• Hypernyms:
warship, war vessel, combat ship
• Part Meronyms:
arrester, arrester hook, flight deck, landing deck
3. someone whose employment involves carrying something (Freq. 3)
- the bonds were transmitted by carrier
• Syn:
bearer, toter
• Derivationally related forms:
tote (for: toter), bear (for: bearer), carry
• Hypernyms:
traveler, traveller
4. 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 (Freq. 1)
• Hypernyms:
chemical, chemical substance
5. a person or firm in the business of transporting people or goods or messages (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
common carrier
• Derivationally related forms:
carry
• Hypernyms:
business, concern, business concern, business organization, business organisation
• Hyponyms:
line
6. a radio wave that can be modulated in order to transmit a signal
• Syn:
carrier wave
• Derivationally related forms:
carry
• Hypernyms:
radio wave, radio emission, radio radiation
7. a man who delivers the mail
• Syn:
mailman, postman, mail carrier, letter carrier
• Hypernyms:
deliveryman, delivery boy, deliverer
8. a boy who delivers newspapers
• Syn:
newsboy
• Hypernyms:
deliveryman, delivery boy, deliverer
9. (medicine) a person (or animal) who has some pathogen to which he is immune but who can pass it on to others
• Syn:
immune carrier
• Derivationally related forms:
carry
• Topics:
medicine, medical specialty
• Hypernyms:
immune, vector, transmitter
• Instance Hyponyms:
Mallon, Mary Mallon, Typhoid Mary
10. a rack attached to a vehicle;
for carrying luggage or skis or the like
• Derivationally related forms:
carry
• Hypernyms:
rack
• Hyponyms:
bomb rack, luggage carrier, luggage rack, roof rack, ski rack
11. (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
• Topics:
genetics, genetic science
• Hypernyms:
organism, being
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