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
“aircraft carrier”
“inert carrier gas, which transports a chemical reactant”