carrier : Idioms & Phrases

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aircraft carrier

  • noun a large warship that carries planes and has a long flat deck for takeoffs and landings
    aircraft carrier; flattop; carrier.
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armored personnel carrier

  • noun (military) an armored vehicle (usually equipped with caterpillar treads) that is used to transport infantry
    APC; armored personnel carrier.
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armoured personnel carrier

  • noun (military) an armored vehicle (usually equipped with caterpillar treads) that is used to transport infantry
    APC; armored personnel carrier.
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attack aircraft carrier

  • noun a large warship that carries planes and has a long flat deck for takeoffs and landings
    aircraft carrier; flattop; carrier.
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ball carrier

  • noun (football) the player who is carrying (and trying to advance) the ball on an offensive play
    runner.
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car carrier

  • noun a trailer that can be loaded with new cars for delivery to sales agencies
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carrier bag

  • noun a bag made of paper or plastic for holding customer's purchases
    poke; paper bag; sack.
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carrier electrophoresis

  • noun electrophoresis carried out on filter paper
    paper electrophoresis.
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Carrier pigeon

  • noun a homing pigeon used to carry messages
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  • (Zoöl.), a variety of the domestic pigeon used to convey letters from a distant point to to its home.
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Carrier shell

  • (Zoöl.), 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.
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carrier wave

  • noun a radio wave that can be modulated in order to transmit a signal
    carrier.
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Common carrier

  • noun a person or firm in the business of transporting people or goods or messages
    carrier.
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  • (Law), one who undertakes the office of carrying (goods or persons) for hire. Such a carrier is bound to carry in all cases when he has accommodation, and when his fixed price is tendered, and he is liable for all losses and injuries to the goods, except those which happen in consequence of the act of God, or of the enemies of the country, or of the owner of the property himself.
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hod carrier

  • noun a laborer who carries supplies to masons or bricklayers
    hodman.
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immune carrier

  • noun (medicine) a person (or animal) who has some pathogen to which he is immune but who can pass it on to others
    carrier.
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Lantern fly, Lantern carrier

  • (Zoöl.), any one of several species of large, handsome, hemipterous insects of the genera Laternaria, Fulgora, and allies, of the family Fulgoridæ. The largest species is Laternaria phosphorea of Brazil. The head of some species has been supposed to be phosphorescent.
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Letter carrier

  • noun a man who delivers the mail
    letter carrier; mailman; postman; carrier.
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  • a person who carries letters; a postman; specif., an officer of the post office who carries letters to the persons to whom they are addressed, and collects letters to be mailed.
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luggage carrier

  • noun carrier (as behind a bicycle seat) for luggage
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mail carrier

  • noun a man who delivers the mail
    letter carrier; mailman; postman; carrier.
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personnel carrier

  • noun a military vehicle (usually armored) for transporting military personnel and their equipment
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spear carrier

  • noun a minor actor in crowd scenes
    supernumerary; extra.
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troop carrier

  • noun any land or sea or air vehicle designed to carry troops
    troop transport.
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weapons carrier

  • noun military vehicle that is a light truck designed to carry mortars or machine guns and their crews
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