transporter

noun

trans·​port·​er tran(t)s-ˈpȯr-tər 

ˈtran(t)s-ˌpȯr-

: one that transports

especially : a vehicle for transporting large or heavy loads

Examples of transporter in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

No procession of tanks, no towering intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM), no hypersonic glide vehicles, no transporter-erector-launchers rumbling past the cameras. —Will Ripley, CNN Money, 26 Feb. 2026

The 11-million-pound rocket, stacked with the Orion capsule on top, will be carried on a moving platform known as a crawler-transporter that will move at a snail’s pace of around 1 mile per hour. —Denise Chow, NBC news, 25 Feb. 2026

The 4-mile trip from pad to the VAB will see the SLS and Orion atop mobile launcher 1 placed on crawler-transporter 2 moving at a maximum speed of 1 mph for what will be about a 12-hour journey. —Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 Feb. 2026

In November, two prototypes were caught being loaded onto a transporter in Germany. —Byron Hurd, The Drive, 18 Feb. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1535, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for transporter

• colporteur
• exporter
• headquarter
• importer
• reporter
• supporter
• mortar
• quarter
• shorter
• sorter