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Conveyance is a formal word that can mean either the transportation of something from one place to another, or the vehicle that does the transporting.

Conveyance is a rather archaic — or old-fashioned — way to describe a mode of transportation. It's easy to imagine someone in the 1800s asking for a horse and carriage as their conveyance to a friend's house. Today, we'd skip the formalities and simply jump in the car and drive there ourselves. In its less common usage, a conveyance is a legal document that transfers ownership of a property from one person to another.

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: conveyance

1	n	something that serves as a means of transportation
2	n	act of transferring property title from one person to another

FULL DEFINITIONS OF: conveyance

n something that serves as a means of transportation

Synonyms:: transport

Examples:: show 8 examples...; hide 8 examples...; Merrimac
an ironclad vessel built by the Confederate forces in the hope of breaking the blockade imposed by the North; Monitor
an ironclad vessel built by Federal forces to do battle with the Merrimac; B-52
United States military aircraft; B- stands for bomber; H.M.S. Bounty
a ship of the British navy; in 1789 part of the crew mutinied against their commander William Bligh and set him afloat in an open boat; Mayflower
the ship in which the Pilgrim Fathers sailed from England to Massachusetts in 1620; USS Cole
a United States destroyer; Old Ironsides
a United States 44-gun frigate that was one of the first three naval ships built by the United States; it won brilliant victories over British frigates during the War of 1812 and is without doubt the most famous ship in the history of the United States Navy; it has been rebuilt and is anchored in the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston; Graf Zeppelin
a large rigid dirigible designed to carry passengers or bombs

Types:: show 37 types...; hide 37 types...; dolly
conveyance consisting of a wheeled platform for moving heavy objects; dolly
conveyance consisting of a wheeled support on which a camera can be mounted; horsebox
a conveyance (railroad car or trailer) for transporting racehorses; litter
conveyance consisting of a chair or bed carried on two poles by bearers; mail
a conveyance that transports the letters and packages that are conveyed by the postal system; public transport
conveyance for passengers or mail or freight; 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; cargo ships, merchant marine, merchant vessels, shipping
conveyance provided by the ships belonging to one country or industry; 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; Dodgem, bumper car
a small low-powered electrically powered vehicle driven on a special platform where there are many others to be dodged; autobus, bus, charabanc, coach, double-decker, jitney, motorbus, motorcoach, omnibus, passenger vehicle
a vehicle carrying many passengers; used for public transport; car carrier
a trailer that can be loaded with new cars for delivery to sales agencies; chair lift, chairlift
a ski lift on which riders (skiers or sightseers) are seated and carried up or down a mountainside; seats are hung from an endless overhead cable; covered couch
a litter with a cover for privacy; craft
a vehicle designed for navigation in or on water or air or through outer space; deadhead
a train or bus or taxi traveling empty; express, limited
public transport consisting of a fast train or bus that makes only a few scheduled stops; local
public transport consisting of a bus or train that stops at all stations or stops; military vehicle
vehicle used by the armed forces; palankeen, palanquin
a closed litter carried on the shoulders of four bearers; projectile, rocket
any vehicle self-propelled by a rocket engine; rope tow
a ski tow offering only a moving rope to hold onto; sedan, sedan chair
a closed litter for one passenger; semi, semitrailer
a trailer having wheels only in the rear; the front is supported by the towing vehicle; shuttle
public transport that consists of a bus or train or airplane that plies back and forth between two points; skibob
a vehicle resembling a bicycle but having skis instead of wheels; the rider wears short skis for balancing; sled, sledge, sleigh
a vehicle mounted on runners and pulled by horses or dogs; for transportation over snow; road roller, steamroller
vehicle equipped with heavy wide smooth rollers for compacting roads and pavements; stretcher
a litter for transporting people who are ill or wounded or dead; usually consists of a sheet of canvas stretched between two poles; surface lift
a ski tow that pulls skiers up a slope without lifting them off the ground; railroad train, train
public transport provided by a line of railway cars coupled together and drawn by a locomotive; wheeled vehicle
a vehicle that moves on wheels and usually has a container for transporting things or people

Type of:: instrumentality, instrumentation
an artifact (or system of artifacts) that is instrumental in accomplishing some end

n the act of moving something from one location to another

Synonyms:: transfer, transferral, transport, transportation

Examples:: Berlin airlift
airlift in 1948 that supplied food and fuel to citizens of west Berlin when the Russians closed off land access to Berlin

Types:: show 20 types...; hide 20 types...; transshipment
the transfer from one conveyance to another for shipment; airlift, lift
transportation of people or goods by air (especially when other means of access are unavailable); connection, connexion
shifting from one form of transportation to another; bringing, delivery
the act of delivering or distributing something (as goods or mail); drive
the act of driving a herd of animals overland; carry
the act of carrying something; lighterage
the transportation of goods on a lighter; relocation, resettlement
the transportation of people (as a family or colony) to a new settlement (as after an upheaval of some kind); teleportation
a hypothetical mode of instantaneous transportation; matter is dematerialized at one place and recreated at another; cattle drive
driving a bovine herd (as cows or bulls or steers); airdrop
delivery of supplies or equipment or personnel by dropping them by parachute from an aircraft; consignment
the delivery of goods for sale or disposal; handing over, passage
the act of passing something to another person; post
the delivery and collection of letters and packages; service, service of process, serving
the act of delivering a writ or summons upon someone; backpacking, packing
carrying something in a pack on the back; piggyback
the act of carrying something piggyback; fireman's carry
the act of carrying a person over your shoulder; portage
carrying boats and supplies overland; porterage
the transportation of burdens by porters

Type of:: movement
the act of changing the location of something

n the transmission of information

Synonyms:: impartation, imparting

Types:: giving
the imparting of news or promises etc.

Type of:: transmission
communication by means of transmitted signals

n act of transferring property title from one person to another

Synonyms:: conveyance of title, conveyancing, conveying

Types:: delivery, legal transfer, livery
the voluntary transfer of something (title or possession) from one party to another; surrender
the delivery of a principal into lawful custody; bailment
the delivery of personal property in trust by the bailor to the bailee

Type of:: transfer, transference
transferring ownership

n document effecting a property transfer

Types:: quitclaim, quitclaim deed
document transferring title or right or claim to another

Type of:: instrument, legal document, legal instrument, official document
(law) a document that states some contractual relationship or grants some right

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