Noun: transporter tran(t)s'por-tu(r)
- A long truck for carrying motor vehicles
"The car transporter delivered new vehicles to the dealership";
- car transporter
- A crane for moving material with dispatch as in loading and unloading ships
"The massive transporter efficiently moved containers from the ship to the dock"
- A moving belt used to transport items or materials from one place to another
"The assembly line workers placed finished products on the transporter";
- conveyer belt, conveyor belt, conveyer, conveyor
Derived forms: transporters
Type of: belt, crane, lorry [Brit], motortruck [N. Amer], truck
Part of: assembly line, line, production line
Encyclopedia: Transporter