CARRIER
Scrabble letter values: C3A1R1R1I1E1R1 = 9
Definition
- noun someone whose employment involves carrying something. — synonyms: bearer, toter
- noun a self-propelled wheeled vehicle designed specifically to carry something.
- noun a large warship that carries planes and has a long flat deck for takeoffs and landings. — synonyms: aircraft_carrier, flattop, attack_aircraft_carrier
- noun 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.
- noun a person or firm in the business of transporting people or goods or messages. — synonyms: common_carrier
- noun a radio wave that can be modulated in order to transmit a signal. — synonyms: carrier_wave
- noun a man who delivers the mail. — synonyms: mailman, postman, mail_carrier, letter_carrier
- noun a boy who delivers newspapers. — synonyms: newsboy
- noun (medicine) a person (or animal) who has some pathogen to which he is immune but who can pass it on to others. — synonyms: immune_carrier
- noun a rack attached to a vehicle.
- noun (genetics) an organism that possesses a recessive gene whose effect is masked by a dominant allele.
Examples
- “the bonds were transmitted by carrier”
- “refrigerated carriers have revolutionized the grocery business”
- “for carrying luggage or skis or the like”