carrier (ALSO carrier bag) /ˈkær.i.ər/ aep /ˈker.i.ɚ/ noun [C] UK (US shopping bag) (BAG)
► F0 a large plastic or paper bag with handles, used to put your shopping inThesaurus+: ↑Bags in general carrier /ˈkær.i.ər/ aep /ˈker.i.ɚ/ noun [C] (SPREAD)
► F0 someone who does not suffer from a disease but has the infection or genetic fault that causes it and can give the disease to someone else: » There are an estimated 1.5 million HIV carriers in the country.Thesaurus+: ↑Passing on illness and causing disease carrier /ˈkær.i.ər/ aep /ˈker.i.ɚ/ noun [C] (TRANSPORT)
F0 a person or thing that carries something
Thesaurus+: ↑Transferring and transporting objectsF0 a company that operates aircraft
Thesaurus+: ↑Businesses and enterprisesThesaurus+: ↑Aviation , ↑Travelling by aircraft , ↑Movement through the airF0 used as a combining form, especially in phrases that refer to military vehicles of a type that carry other vehicles or groups of soldiers:
» an armoured troop-carrier» a freight carrierThesaurus+: ↑Army and military vehiclesF0 INFORMAL FOR AIRCRAFT CARRIER(Cf. ↑aircraft carrier)
Thesaurus+: ↑Aviation , ↑Travelling by aircraft , ↑Movement through the air- be grounded
- be grounded in sth
- begrudge
- beg the question
- beguile
- beguiling
- beguilingly
- begun
- be gunning for sb
- be had
- behalf
- be half the battle
- be half the dancer, writer, etc. you used to be
- be hard on sb
- be (hard) pushed to do sth
- be hard pushed to do sth
- be hard up
- be hard up (for sth)
- be hard up for sth
- behave
- -behaved
- be/have nothing to do with sb
- be/have nothing to do with sb/sth
- be/have something to do with sth
- be having a baby, twins, etc.