transporter

[ trans-pawr-ter, -pohr-, trans-pawr-ter, -pohr- ]

/ trænsˈpɔr tər, -ˈpoʊr-, ˈtrænsˌpɔr tər, -ˌpoʊr- /

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noun

a person or thing that transports, especially a very large truck for large or heavy loads, as missiles or automobiles.

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Origin of transporter

1525–35; transport + -er¹

Words nearby transporter

transpontine, transport, transportation, transport café, transported, transporter, transporter bridge, transport maximum, transport medium, transposal, transposase

How to use transporter in a sentence

The new policy should help farmers, manufacturers, and transporters, who have been unnerved by the steep price rises, the ministry of petroleum and natural gas said in a statement.
The Modi government’s Diwali gift to furious Indians is lower fuel taxes|Ananya Bhattacharya|November 4, 2021|Quartz
There’s also some mechanistic evidence showing that the gut lining develops more transporters to ferry specific nutrients into the bloodstream if you eat them regularly.
How to Avoid a Mid-Race Bathroom Stop|mmirhashem|August 1, 2021|Outside Online
The network of dog shelters, alliances and rescues of North America are all little checkpoints on a map for transporters who ferry the neglected and unwanted to happier homes.
For some dogs (and humans), the pandemic adoption rush was mostly a waiting game|Hau Chu|June 25, 2021|Washington Post
It also demonstrates the Buk was transported from Donestsk, through Torez, while still on the transporter.
MH17 Missile Can't Hide From These Internet Sleuths|Eliot Higgins|August 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Another rocket, the utterly massive Mars Colony Transporter, is on the drawing boards (and new engines to power it).
SpaceX’s Dragon V2 Will Land Exactly Where It Wants To|Zach Rosenberg|May 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Under the direction of the Grand Mognac, the Martians placed the terrible weapons in the transporter prepared for them.
Giants on the Earth|Sterner St. Paul Meek
Then the body is taken by easy stages, into the presence of the intestine transporter, who reclines upon a downy couch.
Peck's Compendium of Fun|George W. Peck
An inquiry produced the information that they were the first instalment of a "transbordeur," or transporter bridge.
The Romance of Modern Mechanism|Archibald Williams
The Nantes "transporter" over the Loire differs from its fellows in one respect, viz.
The Romance of Modern Mechanism|Archibald Williams
The transporter bridge in a primitive form has existed for some centuries, but its present design is of very modern growth.
The Romance of Modern Mechanism|Archibald Williams

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