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carriers

carriers is the plural of carrier.

Meaning of carrier

Noun

carrier (plural carriers)

  1. A person or object that carries someone or something else.
    • armored personnel carrier
    1. (broadly) A starship designed to carry starfighters
      • And each was hideously powerful: an attack carrier could destroy a world, a force of cruisers and spinship destroyers could destroy a sun.1990, Dan Simmons, The Fall of Hyperion, 1st edition, New York: Doubleday, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 114
  2. A carrier pigeon.
  3. A person or company in the business of shipping freight.
    • The roads [are] crowded with carriers, laden with rich manufactures.1727, Jonathan Swift, A Short View of the State of Ireland
  4. A signal such as radio, sound, or light that is modulated to transmit information.
  5. A mobile network operator; wireless carrier.

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Phrases with carriers

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Questions about carriers

What is carriers the plural of?
Carriers is the plural of carrier.

Words near carriers in the dictionary

  1. carrier-pigeons
  2. carrierbag
  3. carrierbags
  4. Carriere
  5. Carrieres
  6. carriers
  7. carriership
  8. carrierships
  9. carries
  10. carries a torch
  11. carries a tune

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