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transporter

Syllables: trans·port·er/tɹænsˈpɔːt.ə/US/tɹænsˈpoɹt.əɹ/

transporter noun: a long truck or lorry for carrying vehicles.

Noun

transporter (plural transporters)

  1. A long truck or lorry for carrying vehicles.
  2. A type of crane for loading or unloading a ship.
  3. A conveyor belt that transports objects in a factory etc.
  4. A device that instantaneously transports, or teleports, a person or object.
  5. A carrier.

transporter meaning in Tamil

transporter in Tamil

சரக்கேற்றப் புடைபெயர்ச்சிப் பொறுப்பாளர், ஏற்றிச் செல்பவர், ஏற்றிச் செல்வது, பெயர்ப்பியக்கு பொறி

Examples of transporter in a sentence

  • Transporters have been contracted; 50 trucks and 30 tanktainers have been mobilised, the explorer wrote back.
  • The typical danfo is a VW transporter bus, painted in cadmium yellow with two black stripes.
  • Following the synthesis of acetylcholine, acetylcholine generated in neurons is antiported by protons into secretory vesicles using vesicular acetylcholine transporter (VAChT).

All 14 example sentences with transporter

Forms of transporter

pluraltransporters

Plural of transporter: transporters

Origin of transporter

From transport + -er. First attested in 1535.

Words formed from transporter

Phrases with transporter

Words that rhyme with transporter

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Questions about transporter

What does transporter mean?
Transporter means a long truck or lorry for carrying vehicles.
What is transporter in Tamil?
Transporter in Tamil is சரக்கேற்றப் புடைபெயர்ச்சிப் பொறுப்பாளர், ஏற்றிச் செல்பவர், ஏற்றிச் செல்வது. See Transporter meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is transporter?
Transporter is a noun.
How do you pronounce transporter?
Transporter is pronounced /tɹænsˈpɔːt.ə/ (UK).
What is the plural of transporter?
The plural of transporter is transporters.

Words near transporter in the dictionary

  1. transported
  2. transportedly
  3. transportedness
  4. transportee
  5. transportees
  6. transporter
  7. transporter bridge
  8. transporter bridges
  9. transporterome
  10. transporteromes
  11. transporters

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Adapted from Wiktionary: transporter (page history and authors); transporter (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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