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transport
  1. An act of transporting; conveyance.
  2. The state of being transported by emotion; rapture.
  3. A vehicle used to transport (passengers, mail, freight, troops etc.)
  4. (Canada) A tractor-trailer.
  5. The system of transporting passengers, etc. in a particular region; the vehicles used in such a system.
  6. A device that moves recording tape across the read/write heads of a tape recorder or video recorder etc.
  7. (historical) A deported convict.
  8. Synonyms:
  9. Examples:
    1. “The underground metro is typically the fastest and most efficient means of transport in the city.”
      “A courier company has been enlisted to handle the transport of the goods to the new location.”
      “The cohesion and beauty of the orchestra resulted in a transport of delight for the audience.”
transportation
  1. The act of transporting, or the state of being transported; conveyance, often of people, goods etc.
  2. (historical) Deportation to a penal colony.
  3. (US) A means of conveyance.
  4. (US) A ticket or fare.
  5. Synonyms:
  6. Examples:
    1. “This bike is the only transportation I have.”
      “The liability of the transporter for damages incurred during the transportation of goods should be based on a presumption of fault.”
      “The cardinal sent to Fiumicino Airport the nuns who kept house in his apartment, with his own car, to provide me with transportation to my new residence.”
transporter
  1. One who, or that which transports.
    1. A long truck or lorry for carrying vehicles.
    2. A type of crane for loading or unloading a ship.
    3. A conveyor belt that transports objects in a factory etc.
    4. (science fiction) A device that instantaneously transports, or teleports, a person or object.
  2. (biochemistry) A carrier.
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “The transporter carefully carried the fragile package, ensuring its safe delivery.”
      “I hired a transporter to deliver the goods to the warehouse.”
      “The car was hit from behind and was rammed into the back of a car transporter, police said.”
transportability
  1. (military) The capability of materiel to be moved by towing, self-propulsion, or carrier via any means, such as railways, highways, waterways, pipelines, oceans, and airways.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The greatest drawback to maintaining a cannon-centric field artillery is that the howitzers ' weight reduces air transportability.”
      “But as well, the mobility of the tires, transportability, becomes a factor too.”
      “Mobility, transportability, sustainability, and survivability are the mantras.”
transportome
  1. (biology) All the membrane transporters and channels that govern influx and efflux of ions in a cell
transportment
  1. (archaic) The act of transporting, or the state of being transported; transportation.
transportable
  1. (dated) A portable computer or telephone.
transporting
transportedness
  1. The state of being transported, i.e. carried away or entranced.
transportal
  1. (archaic) transportation from one locality to another
transportance
  1. (obsolete) transportation
transportee
  1. One who is transported.
transportabilities
transportations
  1. plural of transportation
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “This four months' lastingness would doubtless be sensibly reduced if the tent were subject to numerous transportations and repitchings.”
      “In the course of these transportations the baby, who was the only peppery person in the ship, tried to smite these stalwart young German sailors on the face.”
transportables
  1. plural of transportable
transportments
  1. plural of transportment
transportings
transportomes
  1. plural of transportome
transporters
  1. plural of transporter
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “In the proposed bylaw, it is not only sand miners who will be sanctioned but also transporters and traders.”
      “Even the exporters and transporters who risk life and limb to get cocaine into the US are not the ones making the super profits.”
      “This is especially the case with outsize vehicles, like heavy trucks and tank transporters.”
transportees
  1. plural of transportee
transports
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