Hyphenation of CARRIER

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word CARRIER? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

CAR-RI-ER

Definitions of CARRIER:

1.
Someone whose employment involves carrying something
The bonds were transmitted by carrier
2.
A self-propelled wheeled vehicle designed specifically to carry something
Refrigerated carriers have revolutionized the grocery business
3.
A large warship that carries planes and has a long flat deck for takeoffs and landings
4.
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
5.
A person or firm in the business of transporting people or goods or messages
6.
A radio wave that can be modulated in order to transmit a signal
7.
A man who delivers the mail
8.
A boy who delivers newspapers
9.
(medicine) a person (or animal) who has some pathogen to which he is immune but who can pass it on to others
10.
A rack attached to a vehicle
For carrying luggage or skis or the like
11.
(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

Synonyms of CARRIER:

noun bearer, toter, traveler, traveller
nounself-propelled vehicle
nounaircraft carrier, flattop, attack aircraft carrier, warship, war vessel, combat ship
noun chemical
nouncommon carrier, business, concern, business concern, business organization, business organisation
nouncarrier wave, radio wave, radio emission, radio radiation
noun mailman, postman, mail carrier, letter carrier, deliveryman, delivery boy, deliverer
noun newsboy, deliveryman, delivery boy, deliverer
nounimmune carrier, immune, vector, transmitter
noun rack

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