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carrier | a rack attached to a vehicle; for carrying luggage or skis or the like | |
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carrier | [in 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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carrier | a self-propelled wheeled vehicle designed specifically to carry something | |
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carrier, bearer, toter | someone whose employment involves carrying something | |
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carrier, common carrier | a person or firm in the business of transporting people or goods or messages | |
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carrier, carrier wave | a radio wave that can be modulated in order to transmit a signal | |
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carrier, aircraft carrier, attack aircraft carrier, flattop | a large warship that carries planes and has a long flat deck for takeoffs and landings | |
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carrier, immune carrier | [in 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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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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mailman, carrier, postman, mail carrier, letter carrier | a man who delivers the mail | |
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newsboy, carrier | a boy who delivers newspapers |