Phrase Hound found 87 phrases and 23 compound words that contain carrier. The most common are listed below. Open carrier in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 87
- aircraft carrierA warship designed to carry aircraft, serving as a seagoing air base, with a deck on which aircraft can be launched and landed.
- common carrierA person or company that undertakes to transport goods for the general public or passengers on regular routes at agreed rates.
- air carrierA company in the business of providing air transport to cargo, passengers, or both.
- flag carrierA person carrying a standard or flag, usually at sporting events and parades, previously on the battlefield.
- letter carrierAn employee of the post office who delivers mail (post) to, and collects it from, a residence or business, or from public mailboxes.
- carrier waveA wave that can be modulated, either in amplitude, frequency, or phase, to carry or transmit images, music, speech, or other signals.
- water carrierA person who carries water from a spring or well, especially in antiquity and pre-modern era when it was a common job.
- insurance carrierSynonym of insurance company: A company that provides insurance policies.
- carrier bagA bag made of thin polythene or paper, generally used for carrying groceries or other purchased items.
- bulk carrierAny ocean-going cargo vessel (merchant ship) designed to carry unpackaged bulk cargo, such as grains, coal, ore, steel coils and cement, in its holds.
- child carrierA device used to carry a child, particularly one holding the child attached to the torso of an adult.
- car carrierA special ship that transports cars in a garage with ambient control and ventilation.
- English CarrierColumba livia domestica, an old breed of fancy pigeon.
- carrier proteinAny protein whose function is to transport small molecules (or other proteins) through biological membranes
- carrier oilAn oil that is easily absorbed by the skin that is used to dilute an essential oil for use in cosmetics, massage or aromatherapy.
- pet carrierA small portable box or cage for transporting a small animal such as a cat or dog.
- energy carrierA substance or phenomenon that can be used to produce mechanical work or heat or to operate chemical or physical processes (ISO 13600).
- carrier pigeonA domestic pigeon which transports attached messages or very small parcels from the place where it is released to a familiar destination.
- Motor Carrier
- armored personnel carrierAn armored vehicle for carrying infantry soldiers in combat.
- charge carrierA free particle carrying an electric charge.
- low cost carrierAn airline that sells very inexpensive tickets but which does not provide (or charges for) typical services like meals or the carriage of baggage.
- baby carrierSynonym of child carrier, especially a baby sling.
- mail carrierA person employed to deliver mail.
- Southern CarrierSynonym of Dakelh: The indigenous people of a large portion of the Central Interior of British Columbia, Canada.
Compound words 23
- intercarrierBetween carriers (in any of several contexts)
- megacarrierA very large certified airline.
- multicarrierDescribing a telecommunications signal that is split into fragments, each of which is transmitted over separate carriers before being recombined
- supercarrierThe largest type of aircraft carrier, usually displacing over 70,000 long tons.
- anticarrierCountering aircraft carriers.
- carriershipThe role or occupation of a carrier.
- phosphocarrierA class of cytoplasmic protein that is involved in the phosphorylation of sugars
- photocarrierA photoexcited electrical carrier in a semiconductor.
- biocarrierA plastic former, of an intricate shape, that holds biological agents in water-purification plants.
- immunocarrierAn immunological carrier