carrier

Definition

• n. someone whose employment involves carrying something
• n. a self-propelled wheeled vehicle designed specifically to carry something
• 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
• n. a person or firm in the business of transporting people or goods or messages

Word forms

Plural

carriers

Example sentences

1. n.

   The carrier delivered the package right on time.

2. n.

   In telecommunications, a carrier is used to transmit the signal over long distances.