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English noun: carrier

1. carrier (person) someone whose employment involves carrying something


SamplesThe bonds were transmitted by carrier.


Synonymsbearer, toter


Broader (hypernym)traveler, traveller

2. carrier (artifact) a self-propelled wheeled vehicle designed specifically to carry something


SamplesRefrigerated carriers have revolutionized the grocery business.


Broader (hypernym)self-propelled vehicle

3. carrier (artifact) a large warship that carries planes and has a long flat deck for takeoffs and landings


Synonymsaircraft carrier, attack aircraft carrier, flattop


Broader (hypernym)combat ship, war vessel, warship


Part holonymarrester, arrester hook, flight deck, landing deck

4. carrier (substance) 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


Broader (hypernym)chemical, chemical substance

5. carrier (group) a person or firm in the business of transporting people or goods or messages


Synonymscommon carrier


Broader (hypernym)business, business concern, business organisation, business organization, concern


Narrower (hyponym)line

6. carrier (phenomenon) a radio wave that can be modulated in order to transmit a signal


Synonymscarrier wave


Broader (hypernym)radio emission, radio radiation, radio wave

7. carrier (person) a man who delivers the mail


Synonymsletter carrier, mail carrier, mailman, postman


Broader (hypernym)deliverer, delivery boy, deliveryman

8. carrier (person) a boy who delivers newspapers


Synonymsnewsboy


Broader (hypernym)deliverer, delivery boy, deliveryman

9. carrier (person) (medicine) a person (or animal) who has some pathogen to which he is immune but who can pass it on to others


Synonymsimmune carrier


Broader (hypernym)immune, transmitter, vector


Instance hyponymMallon, Mary Mallon, Typhoid Mary


Domain categorymedical specialty, medicine

10. carrier (artifact) a rack attached to a vehicle; for carrying luggage or skis or the like


Broader (hypernym)rack


Narrower (hyponym)bomb rack, luggage carrier, luggage rack, roof rack, ski rack

11. carrier (animal) (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


Broader (hypernym)being, organism


Domain categorygenetic science, genetics









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