"transporter" meaning in English

See transporter in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: transporters [plural]
Etymology: transport + -er. Etymology templates: {{affix|en|transport|-er|id2=agent noun}} transport + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} transporter (plural transporters)
  1. One who, or that which transports.
    A long truck or lorry for carrying vehicles.
    Sense id: en-transporter-en-noun-2~E2l1uw
  2. One who, or that which transports.
    A type of crane for loading or unloading a ship.
    Sense id: en-transporter-en-noun-gyF4kZqg
  3. One who, or that which transports.
    A conveyor belt that transports objects in a factory etc.
    Sense id: en-transporter-en-noun-KIVZQNny Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 11 46 17 14 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 12 12 43 18 16
  4. One who, or that which transports.
    (science fiction) A device that instantaneously transports, or teleports, a person or object.
    Categories (topical): Science fiction, Faster-than-light travel
    Sense id: en-transporter-en-noun-KHmSpslV Disambiguation of Faster-than-light travel: 7 7 22 55 10 Topics: literature, media, publishing, science-fiction
  5. (biochemistry) A carrier. Categories (topical): Biochemistry
    Sense id: en-transporter-en-noun-KvB8ZKsk Topics: biochemistry, biology, chemistry, microbiology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: car transporter, personal transporter, supertransporter, transporter bridge, transporterome Translations (one who, or that which transports): siirtäjä [person] (Finnish), siirrin (english: thing) (Finnish), transportista [feminine, masculine] (Galician), transportador [masculine] (Portuguese), transportista [feminine, masculine] (Spanish)
Disambiguation of 'one who, or that which transports': 25 25 25 25 0

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for transporter meaning in English (4.4kB)

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