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carrier - a rack attached to a vehicle; for carrying luggage or skis or the like |
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rack a rapid gait of a horse in which each foot strikes the ground separately
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bomb rack a device on an aircraft for carrying bombs
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luggage carrier carrier (as behind a bicycle seat) for luggage
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luggage rack,
roof rack carrier for holding luggage above the seats of a train or on top of a car
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ski rack a carrier for holding skis on top of a vehicle
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carrier - (medicine) a person (or animal) who has some pathogen to which he is immune but who can pass it on to others |
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immune a person who is immune to a particular infection
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transmitter,
vector set used to broadcast radio or tv signals
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medical specialty,
medicine the learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a medical school and that is devoted to preventing or alleviating or curing diseases and injuries; "he studied medicine at Harvard"
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carrier - someone whose employment involves carrying something; "the bonds were transmitted by carrier" |
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bearer,
toter |
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traveler,
traveller a person who changes location
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carrier - a person or firm in the business of transporting people or goods or messages |
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business concern,
business organisation,
business organization,
concern,
business something that interests you because it is important or affects you; "the safety of the ship is the captain's concern"
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line acting in conformity; "in line with"; "he got out of line"; "toe the line"
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carrier - (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 |
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being,
organism the state or fact of existing; "a point of view gradually coming into being"; "laws in existence for centuries"
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genetic science,
genetics the branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms
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carrier - a self-propelled wheeled vehicle designed specifically to carry something; "refrigerated carriers have revolutionized the grocery business" |
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self-propelled vehicle a wheeled vehicle that carries in itself a means of propulsion
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carrier - a boy who delivers newspapers |
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newsboy |
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delivery boy,
deliveryman,
deliverer someone employed to make deliveries
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carrier - 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 |
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chemical,
chemical substance material produced by or used in a reaction involving changes in atoms or molecules
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