noun
transporter
noun
1
A person, vehicle, or machine that carries something from place to place.
"A car transporter delivered the new vehicles to the dealership."
2
In science fiction, a device that instantly beams a person or object elsewhere.
"In the show, the crew uses the transporter to beam down to the planet's surface."
How to Use Transporter
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishSomething that carries or moves things — a real truck, crane, or conveyor, or a fictional teleporting device.
Common pairings
car transporter
transporter beam
Word Forms
transporters plural
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Etymology
From transport plus the agent suffix -er, "one that transports."