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Definitions of carrier from WordNet
carrier (n.)
someone whose employment involves carrying something;
the bonds were transmitted by carrier
carrier (n.)
a self-propelled wheeled vehicle designed specifically to carry something;
refrigerated carriers have revolutionized the grocery business
carrier (n.)
a large warship that carries planes and has a long flat deck for takeoffs and landings;
Synonyms: aircraft carrier / flattop / attack aircraft carrier
carrier (n.)
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;
carrier (n.)
a person or firm in the business of transporting people or goods or messages;
Synonyms: common carrier
carrier (n.)
a radio wave that can be modulated in order to transmit a signal;
Synonyms: carrier wave
carrier (n.)
a man who delivers the mail;
carrier (n.)
a boy who delivers newspapers;
Synonyms: newsboy
carrier (n.)
(medicine) a person (or animal) who has some pathogen to which he is immune but who can pass it on to others;
Synonyms: immune carrier
carrier (n.)
a rack attached to a vehicle; for carrying luggage or skis or the like;
carrier (n.)
(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;
