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transtainers

transtainers is the plural of transtainer.

Meaning of transtainer

Noun (1)

transtainer (plural transtainers)

  1. (historical) A specialized container used to transport and protect large guided missiles.
    • Transtainers (transporter-containers) for SM-68 [Titan ICBM] are of novel design, with a structure of aluminium alloy.1957, Flight International, volume 72, page 906

Noun (2)

transtainer (plural transtainers)

  1. A mobile gantry crane used for stacking intermodal containers within the stacking areas of a container terminal.
    • The transtainers (system A) are all assumed to have a 62ft span and to straddle a five wide stack.1987, Ernst G. Frankel, Port Planning and Development, page 197

Questions about transtainers

What is transtainers the plural of?
Transtainers is the plural of transtainer.

Words near transtainers in the dictionary

  1. transtactic
  2. transtacticity
  3. transtadial
  4. transtadially
  5. transtainer
  6. transtainers
  7. transtastic
  8. transtegmental
  9. transtegumental
  10. transtelephonic
  11. transtelephonically

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Adapted from Wiktionary: transtainers (page history and authors); transtainer (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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