transporter

Language: en

🇺🇸 /træˈnspɔrtɜr/

📖 Definitions

  1. noun
    A person or company that transports goods or people from one place to another.; A vehicle or vessel used for transporting goods or people, especially a large truck or ship.; A device or mechanism used to move materials from one location to another, such as a conveyor or bridge used in engineering.; In science fiction, a fictional device that dematerializes and rematerializes a person or object to move them instantaneously from one place to another.; A type of bridge (transporter bridge) consisting of a high structure from which a gondola or platform is suspended to carry passengers or vehicles across a river or other obstacle.; In biochemistry, a protein or molecule that facilitates the movement of substances across a cell membrane.; A person who illegally moves goods, especially stolen items or contraband, from one place to another.

🔗 Details

Word forms

countable Plural: transporters

Collocations

transporter bridgemilitary transporterprotein transporterbeam transporterheavy transporter

Derivatives

transporttransportationtransportable

Synonyms

carriervehicleconveyancehaulerconveyor

Commonly confused

transport
EN: 'Transport' is the general noun for the system or act of moving things; 'transporter' refers specifically to the agent, vehicle, or device that performs the transport.
transportation
EN: 'Transportation' refers to the overall system or process of moving people/goods; 'transporter' is the specific entity doing the moving.

Spelling tips

EN: No common spelling issues. Note the '-er' agent suffix distinguishing it from 'transport'.

💬 Examples

  1. The transporter delivered the goods to the warehouse on time.

  2. The military transporter carried tanks across the channel.

  3. The factory installed a new transporter to move parts between assembly lines.

  4. Captain Kirk ordered the crew to beam down using the transporter.

  5. The transporter bridge in Middlesbrough is one of the few remaining in the world.

  6. The glucose transporter helps move sugar molecules into the cell.

  7. The police arrested the transporter who was moving stolen electronics across the border.