ALL meanings of carrier
car·ri·er
C c - countable noun carrier A carrier is a vehicle that is used for carrying people, especially soldiers, or things. 3
- countable noun carrier A carrier is a passenger airline. 3
- countable noun carrier A carrier is a person or an animal that is infected with a disease and so can make other people or animals ill. 3
- noun carrier a member of an Athapaskan Native North American people of British Columbia 3
- noun carrier a person, thing, or organization employed to carry goods, passengers, etc 3
- noun carrier a mechanism by which something is carried or moved, such as a device for transmitting rotation from the faceplate of a lathe to the workpiece 3
- noun carrier a person or animal that, without having any symptoms of a disease, is capable of transmitting it to others 3
- noun carrier an electron, ion, or hole that carries the charge in a conductor or semiconductor 3
- noun carrier the inert solid on which a dyestuff is adsorbed in forming a lake 3
- noun carrier a substance, such as kieselguhr or asbestos, used to support a catalyst 3
- noun carrier an inactive substance containing a radioisotope used in radioactive tracing 3
- noun carrier an inert gas used to transport the sample through a gas-chromatography column 3
- noun carrier a catalyst that effects the transfer of an atom or group from one molecule to another 3
- noun carrier a breed of domestic fancy pigeon having a large walnut-shaped wattle over the beak; a distinct variety of pigeon from the homing or carrier pigeon 3
- noun carrier a person or thing that carries, as one who delivers mail or newspapers, or a train, bus, airplane, etc. 3
- noun carrier a person or company in the business of transporting goods or passengers 3
- noun carrier a company in the business of providing telephone service 3
- noun carrier a messenger or porter 3
- noun carrier a container, support, or course in or on which something is carried or conducted, as a mechanical part or device or a water conduit 3
- noun carrier a reclining plastic seat for a baby, which may be carried or set down 3
- noun carrier a company that insures a certain person, organization, etc. 3
- noun carrier aircraft carrier 3
- noun carrier a person or animal that carries and transmits disease germs or recessive genes, esp. a person who does not seem to be affected by them 3
- noun carrier a catalytic agent that causes an element or radical to be transferred from one compound to another 3
- noun carrier a body which supports the catalyst deposited in or on it 3
- noun carrier a relatively large quantity of a stable substance that is combined with a minute quantity of an isotope, esp. one that is a radioactive tracer, to facilitate its handling 3
- noun carrier an electron, ion, hole, etc. whose movement constitutes a flow of electric current 3
- noun carrier the steady transmitted wave whose amplitude, frequency, or phase is modulated by the signal 3
- noun carrier A carrier is any business that transports goods from the seller to the buyer, by road, air, train, or ship. 3
- noun carrier sth/sb that carries 1
- noun carrier logistics: transportation company 1
- noun carrier of disease 1
- noun carrier telephone company 1
- noun carrier shopping bag 1
- noun carrier A person or thing that carries, holds, or conveys something. 1
- noun carrier a person or thing that carries. 1
- noun carrier an employee of the post office who carries mail. 1
- noun carrier a person who delivers newspapers, magazines, etc., on a particular route. 1
- noun carrier Transportation. an individual or company, as a railroad or steamship line, engaged in transporting passengers or goods for profit. common carrier. 1
- noun carrier Insurance. a company that acts or functions as an underwriter or insurer. 1
- noun carrier a frame, usually of metal, attached to a vehicle for carrying skis, luggage, etc., as on top of an automobile or station wagon; rack. 1
- noun carrier aircraft carrier. 1
- noun carrier Immunology. an individual harboring specific pathogenic organisms who, though often immune to the agent harbored, may transmit the disease to others. 1
- noun carrier Genetics. an individual possessing an unexpressed, recessive trait. the bearer of a defective gene. 1
- noun carrier Also called carrier wave. Radio. the wave whose amplitude, frequency, or phase is to be varied or modulated to transmit a signal. 1
- noun carrier Machinery. a mechanism by which something is carried or moved. 1
- noun carrier Chemistry. a catalytic agent that brings about a transfer of an element or group of atoms from one compound to another. 1
- noun carrier Also called charge carrier. Physics. any of the mobile electrons or holes in a metal or semiconductor that enable it to conduct electrical charge. 1
- noun carrier Physical Chemistry. a usually inactive substance that acts as a vehicle for an active substance. 1
- noun carrier carrier pigeon. 1