Found 4 items, similar to Carrier.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak) Definition: carrier pembawa
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: carrier alat pengangkut, pengangkut
English → English (WordNet) Definition: carrier carrier n 1: someone whose employment involves carrying something; “the bonds were transmitted by carrier” [syn: bearer, toter] 2: a self-propelled wheeled vehicle designed specifically to carry something; “refrigerated carriers have revolutionized the grocery business” 3: a large warship that carries planes and has a long flat deck for take-offs and landings [syn: aircraft carrier, flattop, attack aircraft carrier] 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 5: a person or firm in the business of transporting people or goods or messages [syn: common carrier] 6: a radio wave that can be modulated in order to transmit a signal [syn: carrier wave] 7: a man who delivers the mail [syn: mailman, postman, mail carrier , letter carrier] 8: a boy who delivers newspapers [syn: newsboy] 9: a person who has some pathogen to which he is immune but who can pass it on to others [syn: immune carrier] 10: a rack attached to a vehicle; for carrying luggage or skis or the like
English → English (gcide) Definition: Carrier Carrier \Car"ri*er\, n. [From Carry.] 1. One who, or that which, carries or conveys; a messenger. [1913 Webster] The air which is but . . . a carrier of the sounds. --Bacon. [1913 Webster] 2. One who is employed, or makes it his business, to carry goods for others for hire; a porter; a teamster. [1913 Webster] The roads are crowded with carriers, laden with rich manufactures. --Swift. [1913 Webster] 3. (Mach.) 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. [1913 Webster] Carrier pigeon (Zo["o]l.), a variety of the domestic pigeon used to convey letters from a distant point to to its home. Carrier shell (Zo["o]l.), a univalve shell of the genus Phorus; -- so called because it fastens bits of stones and broken shells to its own shell, to such an extent as almost to conceal it. Common carrier (Law.) See under Common, a. [1913 Webster]