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Träger — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • bearer noun A person or thing that carries or holds something.
  • Carrier noun A person, vehicle, or company that transports goods, passengers, or messages.
  • flat adj Level and even, with no slope, bumps, or curves.
  • girder noun A beam of steel, wood, or reinforced concrete, used as a main horizontal support in a building or structure.
  • host noun A person who welcomes and entertains guests, or who runs an event.
  • joist noun A piece of timber or steel laid horizontally, or nearly so, to which the planks of the floor, or the laths or furring strips of a ceiling, are nailed.
  • porter noun A person employed to carry luggage or goods, especially at a station, airport, or hotel.
  • support noun Help, encouragement or resources given to someone or something.
  • vehicle noun A machine used to carry or transport people, goods, or objects, such as a car, truck, or bus.

Senses

Träger is used for these senses in English:

  • bearer One who, or that which, bears, sustains, or carries.
  • bearer One who possesses a cheque, bond, or other notes promising payment.
  • carrier A person or object that carries someone or something else.
  • carrier A signal such as radio, sound, or light that is modulated to transmit information.
  • flat A wide, shallow container or pallet.
  • girder A beam of steel, wood, or reinforced concrete, used as a main horizontal support in a building or structure.
  • host (evolution, genetics) An organism bearing certain genetic material, with respect to its cells.
  • joist A piece of timber or steel laid horizontally, or nearly so, to which the planks of the floor, or the laths or furring strips of a ceiling, are nailed.

bearer — full definition

  1. noun A person or thing that carries or holds something.
  2. noun The person named or holding a document such as a cheque, entitling them to payment.

Carrier — full definition

  1. noun A person, vehicle, or company that transports goods, passengers, or messages.
  2. noun Someone who carries and can transmit a disease or gene without necessarily showing symptoms.
  3. noun Short for "aircraft carrier," a warship built to launch and land airplanes.

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