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transporter
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun transporter has 3 senses
- transporter(n = noun.artifact) car transporter - a long truck for carrying motor vehicles; Array is a kind of motortruck, truck
- transporter(n = noun.artifact) Array - a crane for moving material with dispatch as in loading and unloading ships; Array is a kind of crane
- transporter(n = noun.artifact) conveyer, conveyer belt, conveyor, conveyor belt - a moving belt that transports objects (as in a factory); Array is a kind of belt
Derived forms verb transport2, verb transport1
Derived form verb transport1
has particulars: carousel, carrousel, luggage carousel, luggage carrousel
is a part of assembly line, line, production line
Derived form verb transport2
OXFORD DICTIONARY
transporter, n.
1 a person or device that transports.
2 a vehicle used to transport other vehicles or large pieces of machinery etc. by road.
1 a person or device that transports.
2 a vehicle used to transport other vehicles or large pieces of machinery etc. by road.
Idiom
transporter bridge a bridge carrying vehicles etc. across water on a suspended moving platform.
THESAURUS
transporter
Aquarius, Ganymede, Hebe, bearer, bheesty, busboy, caddie, cargo handler, carrier, carrier pigeon, carter, common carrier, conveyer, coolie, cupbearer, drayman, express, expressman, freighter, gun bearer, hauler, homing pigeon, letter carrier, litter-bearer, porter, redcap, shield-bearer, skycap, stevedore, stretcher-bearer, the Water Bearer, truck driver, trucker, wagoner, water boy, water carrier
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