"transporter" meaning in English

See transporter in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: transporters [plural]
Etymology: From 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
  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: 8 8 10 64 9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun), Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 8 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 18 18 28 17 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 14 14 14 48 10 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 15 15 15 47 10 Disambiguation of Pages with 8 entries: 15 15 15 34 9 5 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 17 17 17 32 10 3 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 14 14 14 50 8 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 14 12 12 53 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 14 14 14 50 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 15 15 15 48 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 12 12 12 56 8 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), transporteur [masculine] (French), transporteuse [feminine] (French), 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

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    },
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      "word": "supertransporter"
    },
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        "A long truck or lorry for carrying vehicles."
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        "A device that instantaneously transports, or teleports, a person or object."
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          "teleport"
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        "One who, or that which transports.",
        "(science fiction) A device that instantaneously transports, or teleports, a person or object."
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        "media",
        "publishing",
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        "(biochemistry) A carrier."
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        "chemistry",
        "microbiology",
        "natural-sciences",
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        "A long truck or lorry for carrying vehicles."
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        "One who, or that which transports.",
        "(science fiction) A device that instantaneously transports, or teleports, a person or object."
      ],
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        "publishing",
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    },
    {
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      "sense": "one who, or that which transports",
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      ],
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    {
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "transportador"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
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    }
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}

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