Transporter (Noun)
Meaning 1
A long truck for carrying motor vehicles.
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.
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Meaning 2
A crane for moving material with dispatch as in loading and unloading ships.
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.
Examples
- The harbourmaster arranged for a transporter to lift the cargo off the freighter and onto the dock.
- At the port, the ship's cargo was being transferred by a large transporter to a nearby storage facility.
- As the tanker ship pulled into dock, the waiting transporter began loading crates onto its massive frame.
- Crates and pallets of merchandise were carefully lowered by a towering transporter from the aircraft's hold onto waiting forklifts.
- Truckers idled beside the wharf as another transporter operated by the port authority offloaded pallets of produce into warehouses.
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Meaning 3
A moving belt that transports objects (as in a factory).
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.