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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

aircraft carrier, flattop, attack aircraft carrier

noun, as in someone whose employment involves carrying something

bearer, toter

noun, as in a person who delivers the mail

mail carrier, letter carrier

noun, as in a person or firm in the business of transporting people or goods or messages

common carrier

noun, as in a radio wave that can be modulated in order to transmit a signal

carrier wave

noun, as in a boy who delivers newspapers

newsboy

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

immune carrier

also used for carrier

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What does carrier mean?11

noun

1

a large warship that carries planes and has a long flat deck for takeoffs and landings

2

someone whose employment involves carrying something“the bonds were transmitted by carrier”

3

a person who delivers the mail

4

a person or firm in the business of transporting people or goods or messages

5

a radio wave that can be modulated in order to transmit a signal

6

a boy who delivers newspapers

7

(medicine) a person (or animal) who has some pathogen to which they are immune but who can pass it on to others

8

a self-propelled wheeled vehicle designed specifically to carry something“refrigerated carriers have revolutionized the grocery business”

9

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

10

a rack attached to a vehicle; for carrying luggage or skis or the like

11

(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

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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

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Forms of carrier

as a noun

plural
carriers