transporter

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

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of transporter¹

1525–35; transport ( def. ) + -er ¹

Example Sentences

Emergency services said a car transporter carrying nine electric vehicles had caught fire on the southbound carriageway.

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"This route has tolls, includes a car transporter train, crosses through France and ends in a different time zone."

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But instead of dismantling it, engineers are moving it in one piece, supported by steel beams and carried on self-propelled modular transporters.

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"At the cellular level, there is differential expression of these transporters of salt and other electrolytes in female kidneys versus male kidneys," Ahmed told Salon.

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We won’t spoil the resolution, but the final scene will be a transporter back down to earth.

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