1. carrier

noun. ['ˈkæriːɝ, ˈkɛriːɝ'] a self-propelled wheeled vehicle designed specifically to carry something.

Rhymes with Carrier

• scarier
• verrier
• terrier
• perrier
• merrier
• marier
• harrier
• guerrier
• ferrier
• farrier
• cherrier
• berrier
• barrier

How do you pronounce carrier?

Pronounce carrier as ˈkɛriər.

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Sentences with carrier

1. Noun, singular or mass
Use a carrier to transport logs to the fireplace, taking only enough for one fire at a time.

2. carrier

noun. ['ˈkæriːɝ, ˈkɛriːɝ'] someone whose employment involves carrying something.

3. carrier

noun. ['ˈkæriːɝ, ˈkɛriːɝ'] a large warship that carries planes and has a long flat deck for takeoffs and landings.

4. carrier

noun. ['ˈkæriːɝ, ˈkɛriːɝ'] 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.

5. carrier

noun. ['ˈkæriːɝ, ˈkɛriːɝ'] a person or firm in the business of transporting people or goods or messages.

6. carrier

noun. ['ˈkæriːɝ, ˈkɛriːɝ'] a rack attached to a vehicle; for carrying luggage or skis or the like.

7. carrier

noun. ['ˈkæriːɝ, ˈkɛriːɝ'] (medicine) a person (or animal) who has some pathogen to which he is immune but who can pass it on to others.

8. carrier

noun. ['ˈkæriːɝ, ˈkɛriːɝ'] a radio wave that can be modulated in order to transmit a signal.

9. carrier

noun. ['ˈkæriːɝ, ˈkɛriːɝ'] a boy who delivers newspapers.

10. carrier

noun. ['ˈkæriːɝ, ˈkɛriːɝ'] (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.