TRANSPORTER

transporter

(noun) a crane for moving material with dispatch as in loading and unloading ships

transporter, car transporter

(noun) a long truck for carrying motor vehicles

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

transporter (plural transporters)

One who, or that which transports.

A long truck or lorry for carrying vehicles.

A type of crane for loading or unloading a ship.

A conveyor belt that transports objects in a factory etc.

(scifi) A device that instantaneously transports, or teleports, a person or object.

(biochemistry) A carrier.

Source: Wiktionary


Trans*port"er, n.

Definition: One who transports.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

10 June 2025

COMMUNICATIONS

(noun) the discipline that studies the principles of transmiting information and the methods by which it is delivered (as print or radio or television etc.); “communications is his major field of study”


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