transporter

Vehicle for hauling

A transporter is a vehicle or device that moves people or goods from one place to another: The car transporter carried a dozen vehicles.

In science fiction, a transporter is a device that instantaneously relocates matter across space—most famously in Star Trek.

A transporter can also be a person or company in the business of moving things: The transporter delivered the equipment on schedule.

teleportation

beam

Structural support member

pad · coordinates · Star Trek · Scotty · away team · phase · molecular · reassembly · malfunction · biofilter

vehicle

truck

Heavy freight vehicle

  • vanEnclosed cargo vehicle
  • lorryBritish freight vehicle
  • trailerPromotional film excerpt

bus · pickup · tanker · flatbed · semi · rig · cab · hauler · carrier · automobile

cargo

freight

Goods being transported

loading · unloading · logistics · distribution · manifest · consignment · intermodal · bulk · cargo bay · warehouse

biology

membrane

Thin tissue sheet

ATP · carrier · cell · receptor · glucose · sodium · pump · efflux · uptake · substrate

conveyor

belt

Strap securing trousers

  • rollerRotating cylindrical tool
  • chuteInclined passage for descent
  • escalatorAutomated people-lifting stairs

elevator · pulley · hoist · winch · chain · feeder · stacker · loader · unloader · dumbwaiter

Categories
Opposites
movement function

transporterwarehouse

Bulk goods storage building

storage facility · depot · repository · vault · anchor

direction of transfer

transporterreceiver

One who accepts transmission

recipient · consignee · addressee · importer · collector

role in cargo handling

transporterproducer

One who makes things

manufacturer · sender · shipper · originator · consumer

Phrases
Family

transport, transportation, transported, transports, transporting, transportable, transporters, transportability

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G