carrier

Noun
  1. Someone whose employment involves carrying something (synset 109917148)
    "the bonds were transmitted by carrier"
    is a type of: traveler, traveller - a person who changes location
    same as: bearer, toter
  2. A self-propelled wheeled vehicle designed specifically to carry something (synset 102973559)
    "refrigerated carriers have revolutionized the grocery business"
    is a type of: self-propelled vehicle - a wheeled vehicle that carries in itself a means of propulsion
  3. A large warship that carries planes and has a long flat deck for takeoffs and landings (synset 102690031)
    is a type of: combat ship, war vessel, warship - a government ship that is available for waging war
    has:
    same as: aircraft carrier, attack aircraft carrier, flattop
  4. 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 (synset 114751332)
    is a type of: chemical, chemical substance - material produced by or used in a reaction involving changes in atoms or molecules
  5. A person or firm in the business of transporting people or goods or messages (synset 108074469)
    is a type of: business, business concern, business organisation, business organization, concern - a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it
    subtypes: line - a commercial organization serving as a common carrier
    same as: common carrier
  6. A radio wave that can be modulated in order to transmit a signal (synset 111521648)
    is a type of: radio emission, radio radiation, radio wave - an electromagnetic wave with a wavelength between 0.5 cm to 30,000 m
    same as: carrier wave
  7. A man who delivers the mail (synset 110302734)
    is a type of: deliverer, delivery boy, deliveryman - someone employed to make deliveries
    same as: letter carrier, mail carrier, mailman, postman
  8. A boy who delivers newspapers (synset 109917055)
    is a type of: deliverer, delivery boy, deliveryman - someone employed to make deliveries
    same as: newsboy
  9. (medicine) a person (or animal) who has some pathogen to which he is immune but who can pass it on to others (synset 109916802)
    referred to in: medical specialty, medicine - the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques
    is a type of:
    • transmitter, vector - any agent (person or animal or microorganism) that carries and transmits a disease
    • immune - a person who is immune to a particular infection
    specific instances: mallon, mary mallon, typhoid mary - United States cook who was an immune carrier of typhoid fever and who infected dozens of people (1870-1938)
    same as: immune carrier
  10. A rack attached to a vehicle;
    For carrying luggage or skis or the like (synset 102973345)
    is a type of: rack - framework for holding objects
    subtypes:
    • bomb rack - a device on an aircraft for carrying bombs
    • luggage carrier - carrier (as behind a bicycle seat) for luggage
    • luggage rack, roof rack - carrier for holding luggage above the seats of a train or on top of a car
    • ski rack - a carrier for holding skis on top of a vehicle
  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 (synset 101316636)
    referred to in: genetic science, genetics - the branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms
    is a type of: being, organism - a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently

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