carrier

1. (noun) a rack attached to a vehicle; for carrying luggage or skis or the like
Related Words: bomb rack, luggage carrier, luggage rack, rack, roof rack, ski rack

2. (noun) a vehicle designed to carry something; "refrigerated carriers have revolutionized the grocery business"
Related Words: vehicle

3. (noun) a person or firm in the business of transporting people or goods or messages
Synonyms: common carrier
Related Words: business, business concern, business organization, concern, line

4. (noun) a person who has some pathogen to which they are immune but who can pass it on to others
Related Words: immune

5. (noun) a boy who delivers newspapers
Synonyms: newsboy
Related Words: delivery boy, deliveryman

6. (noun) someone whose employment involves carrying something; "the bonds were transmitted by carrier"
Synonyms: bearer, toter
Related Words: traveler, traveller

7. (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
Related Words: chemical

8. (noun) a large warship that carries planes and has a long flat deck for take-offs and landings
Synonyms: aircraft carrier, attack aircraft carrier, flattop
Related Words: combat ship, war vessel, warship

9. (noun) a radio wave that can be modulated in order to transmit a signal
Synonyms: carrier wave
Related Words: radio emission, radio radiation, radio wave

10. (noun) a man who delivers the mail
Synonyms: letter carrier, mail carrier, mailman, postman
Related Words: delivery boy, deliveryman



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