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noun
One who, or that which transports.
A long truck or lorry for carrying vehicles.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
One who, or that which transports.
A type of crane for loading or unloading a ship.
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noun
One who, or that which transports.
A conveyor belt that transports objects in a factory etc.
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noun
One who, or that which transports.
A device that instantaneously transports, or teleports, a person or object.
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Topics: literature, media, publishing, science-fiction
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noun
A carrier.
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Topics: biochemistry, biology, chemistry, microbiology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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noun
a moving belt that transports objects (as in a factory)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: conveyer belt, conveyor belt, conveyer, conveyor
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Broader terms: belt
Narrower terms: carousel, carrousel, luggage carousel, luggage carrousel
noun
a crane for moving material with dispatch as in loading and unloading ships
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Broader terms: crane
noun
a long truck for carrying motor vehicles
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: car transporter
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Broader terms: truck, motortruck
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *terh2-der. Proto-Indo-European *térh2t Proto-Indo-European *-ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h2ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h2n̥ts Proto-Italic *trāns Proto-Italic *trāns- Latin trāns- Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *-téh2 Proto-Indo-European *pr̥téh2 Proto-Italic *portā Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh2yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h2tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Proto-Italic *portāō Latin portō Latin trānsportāreder. Old French transporterbor. Middle English transporten English transport Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English transporter From transport + -er. First attested in 1535.
Across languages
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