carrier
/ˈkæɹi.ɚ/noun3 syllables
Carrier means: a large warship that carries planes and has a long flat deck for takeoffs and landings.
Synonyms for carrier15
noun, as in a large warship that carries planes and has a long flat deck for takeoffs and landings
noun, as in someone whose employment involves carrying something
noun, as in a person who delivers the mail
noun, as in a person or firm in the business of transporting people or goods or messages
noun, as in a radio wave that can be modulated in order to transmit a signal
noun, as in a boy who delivers newspapers
noun, as in (medicine) a person (or animal) who has some pathogen to which they are immune but who can pass it on to others
What does carrier mean?11
noun
a large warship that carries planes and has a long flat deck for takeoffs and landings
someone whose employment involves carrying something“the bonds were transmitted by carrier”
a person who delivers the mail
a person or firm in the business of transporting people or goods or messages
a radio wave that can be modulated in order to transmit a signal
a boy who delivers newspapers
(medicine) a person (or animal) who has some pathogen to which they are immune but who can pass it on to others
a self-propelled wheeled vehicle designed specifically to carry something“refrigerated carriers have revolutionized the grocery business”
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
a rack attached to a vehicle; for carrying luggage or skis or the like
(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
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What rhymes with carrier?1
three syllables
Carrier in a sentence
- Impure drinking water can be a carrier of diseases.CM
- The mail carrier delivers mail from door to door.unknown
- The aircraft carrier sustained a direct hit from a torpedo.ddnktr
- I am an asymptomatic carrier of this disease.Myrano_
- How many aircraft can an aircraft carrier hold?Amastan
- China has landed their first jet on an aircraft carrier.Chrikaru
- An aircraft carrier can only be destroyed with a tactical nuclear weapon.Amastan
- No conventional weapon has enough power to completely destroy an aircraft carrier.Amastan
Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.
Forms of carrier
as a noun
- plural
- carriers