Definitions For Carrier

noun

  • (genetics) an organism that possesses a recessive gene whose effect is masked by a dominant allele; the associated trait is not apparent but can be passed on to offspring
  • A large warship that carries planes and has a long flat deck for takeoffs and landings
  • A rack attached to a vehicle; for carrying luggage or skis or the like
  • A self-propelled wheeled vehicle designed specifically to carry something
  • A person or firm in the business of transporting people or goods or messages
  • (medicine) a person (or animal) who has some pathogen to which he is immune but who can pass it on to others
  • A boy who delivers newspapers
  • Someone whose employment involves carrying something
  • A man who delivers the mail
  • A radio wave that can be modulated in order to transmit a signal
  • An inactive substance that is a vehicle for a radioactive tracer of the same substance and that assists in its recovery after some chemical reaction

Is Carriers a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
10
Words with Friends
11

The word Carrier is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Carrier in a Sentence

  • I put the pet carrier in the car.
  • The airline is the nation's largest carrier.
  • Mosquitoes can be carriers of malaria.

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