Dictionary entry details
• CONVEYANCE (noun)
Meaning:
Document effecting a property transfer
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("conveyance" is a kind of...):
instrument; legal document; legal instrument; official document ((law) a document that states some contractual relationship or grants some right)
Domain category:
jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "conveyance"):
quitclaim; quitclaim deed (document transferring title or right or claim to another)
Meaning:
The transmission of information
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
impartation; imparting; conveyance
Hypernyms ("conveyance" is a kind of...):
transmission (communication by means of transmitted signals)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "conveyance"):
giving (the imparting of news or promises etc.)
Meaning:
Something that serves as a means of transportation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
transport; conveyance
Hypernyms ("conveyance" is a kind of...):
instrumentality; instrumentation (an artifact (or system of artifacts) that is instrumental in accomplishing some end)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "conveyance"):
sidecar (conveyance consisting of a small carrier attached to the side of a motorcycle)
lift; ski lift; ski tow (a powered conveyance that carries skiers up a hill)
telfer; telpher (one of the conveyances (or cars) in a telpherage)
trailer (a large transport conveyance designed to be pulled by a truck or tractor)
aerial tramway; cable tramway; ropeway; tram; tramway (a conveyance that transports passengers or freight in carriers suspended from cables and supported by a series of towers)
vehicle (a conveyance that transports people or objects)
cargo ships; merchant marine; merchant vessels; shipping (conveyance provided by the ships belonging to one country or industry)
roll-on roll-off (a method of transport (as a ferry or train or plane) that vehicles roll onto at the beginning and roll off of at the destination)
public transport (conveyance for passengers or mail or freight)
mail (a conveyance that transports the letters and packages that are conveyed by the postal system)
litter (conveyance consisting of a chair or bed carried on two poles by bearers)
horsebox (a conveyance (railroad car or trailer) for transporting racehorses)
dolly (conveyance consisting of a wheeled support on which a camera can be mounted)
dolly (conveyance consisting of a wheeled platform for moving heavy objects)
Meaning:
Act of transferring property title from one person to another
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
conveying; conveyancing; conveyance of title; conveyance
Hypernyms ("conveyance" is a kind of...):
transfer; transference (transferring ownership)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "conveyance"):
delivery; legal transfer; livery (the voluntary transfer of something (title or possession) from one party to another)
Meaning:
The act of moving something from one location to another
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
transfer; transferral; transportation; conveyance
Hypernyms ("conveyance" is a kind of...):
movement (the act of changing the location of something)
Meronyms (parts of "conveyance"):
pickup (the act of taking aboard passengers or freight)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "conveyance"):
transshipment (the transfer from one conveyance to another for shipment)
teleportation (a hypothetical mode of instantaneous transportation; matter is dematerialized at one place and recreated at another)
relocation; resettlement (the transportation of people (as a family or colony) to a new settlement (as after an upheaval of some kind))
lighterage (the transportation of goods on a lighter)
carry (the act of carrying something)
drive (the act of driving a herd of animals overland)
bringing; delivery (the act of delivering or distributing something (as goods or mail))
connection; connexion (shifting from one form of transportation to another)
airlift; lift (transportation of people or goods by air (especially when other means of access are unavailable))
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