Definitions for carrier
ˈkær i ərcar·ri·er

Princeton's WordNet(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. carrier, bearer, toternoun

   someone whose employment involves carrying something

   "the bonds were transmitted by carrier"

2. carriernoun

   a self-propelled wheeled vehicle designed specifically to carry something

   "refrigerated carriers have revolutionized the grocery business"

3. aircraft carrier, carrier, flattop, attack aircraft carriernoun

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

4. carriernoun

   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

5. carrier, common carriernoun

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

6. carrier wave, carriernoun

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

7. mailman, postman, mail carrier, letter carrier, carriernoun

   a man who delivers the mail

8. carrier, newsboynoun

   a boy who delivers newspapers

9. carrier, immune carriernoun

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

10. carriernoun

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

11. carriernoun

    (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

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. carriernoun

   A person or object that carries someone or something else.

2. carriernoun

   A carrier pigeon, a newspaperese term (misnomer) for a homing pigeon, racing pigeon, racing homer, homer.

3. carriernoun

   An Old English carrier pigeon or Old English carrier (the "King of the Doos").

4. carriernoun

   A company in the business of shipping freight.

5. carriernoun

   A person or animal that transmits a disease to others without itself contracting the disease.

6. carriernoun

   A signal such as radio, sound, or light that is modulated to transmit information.

7. carriernoun

   A mobile network operator; wireless carrier.

8. carriernoun

   An inert material added to an active ingredient to aid in the application and/or the effectiveness of active ingredient.

9. carriernoun

   A certified airline.

10. Carriernoun

    A Northern Athabaskan language spoken in Canada. Sometimes considered to be three separate languages; Southern Carrier, Northern Carrier and Central Carrier

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Carriernoun

   one who, or that which, carries or conveys; a messenger

2. Carriernoun

   one who is employed, or makes it his business, to carry goods for others for hire; a porter; a teamster

3. Carriernoun

   that which drives or carries; as: (a) A piece which communicates to an object in a lathe the motion of the face plate; a lathe dog. (b) A spool holder or bobbin holder in a braiding machine. (c) A movable piece in magazine guns which transfers the cartridge to a position from which it can be thrust into the barrel

4. Etymology: [From Carry.]

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Carrier

   Carrier is a survival horror video game for the Dreamcast, notable in part for being fully 3D - then still a rarity for survival horror games, which mostly displayed 3D characters over pre-rendered backgrounds. In Carrier, players assume the separate roles of an investigation team that was split up from a surprise attack. A cancelled sequel for the PlayStation 2 titled Carrier: The Next Mutation was once planned for release.

Matched Categories

1. • Chemical
   • Deliveryman
   • Genetics
   • Organism
   • Rack
   • Self-propelled Vehicle
   • Traveler

British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'carrier' in Nouns Frequency: #1907

How to pronounce carrier?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say carrier in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of carrier in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of carrier in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of carrier in a Sentence

1. Harry Harris:

   We could consider putting another (attack) submarine out there, we could put additional destroyers forward ...there are a lot of things we could do, short of putting a full carrier strike group in the Western Pacific.

2. Frank McKenzie:

   We believe they are recalculating. They have to take this into account as they think about various actions that they might take. So we think this is having a very god stabilizing effect, they are looking hard at the carrier because they know we are looking hard at them.

3. Delta CEO Ed Bastian:

   The new Delta uniform collection offers unity between all workgroups like never before. We are one proud Delta team and it really shows, zac is bringing fashion and glamour back to the airlines. It’s a sophisticated look, it’s elegant, it’s much more international in orientation. Our aspirations are to be a top global carrier, not just a top U.S. carrier.

4. The Navy:

   An F-35C Lightning II, assigned to Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 2, had a landing mishap on deck while USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) was conducting routine flight operations in the South China Sea, Jan. 24.

5. Deputy Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki:

   According to EU law a carrier from outside the EU cannot take over more than 49 percent of a carrier from the EU, hence we are in talks with potential investors, among others, from China.

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