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straddle carrier

straddle carrier noun: a vehicle used in ports and yards for stacking and moving freight containers.

straddle carrier: a vehicle used in ports and yards for stacking and moving freight containers
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Noun

straddle carrier (plural straddle carriers)

  1. A vehicle used in ports and yards for stacking and moving freight containers.
    • Maritime Transport has installed two new straddle carrier cranes at Birmingham Intermodal Freight Terminal, as it continues to expand its rail operations. The Konecranes straddle carriers have a four container-high capacity and are expected to make loading and unloading faster and more reliable.2019 November 6, “News”, in Rail, page 21

Forms of straddle carrier

pluralstraddle carriers

Questions about straddle carrier

What does straddle carrier mean?
Straddle carrier means a vehicle used in ports and yards for stacking and moving freight containers.
What part of speech is straddle carrier?
Straddle carrier is a noun.
What is the plural of straddle carrier?
The plural of straddle carrier is straddle carriers.

Words near straddle carrier in the dictionary

  1. Strad
  2. stradametrical
  3. Stradbroke
  4. Straddie
  5. straddle
  6. straddle carrier
  7. straddle carriers
  8. straddled
  9. straddler
  10. straddlers
  11. straddles

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