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CONVEYANCE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of moving something from one location to another
Synonyms:
conveyance; transfer; transferral; transport; transportation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
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"):
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))
transshipment (the transfer from one conveyance to another for shipment)
Derivation:
convey (go or come after and bring or take back)
convey (take something or somebody with oneself somewhere)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Act of transferring property title from one person to another
Synonyms:
conveyance; conveyance of title; conveyancing; conveying
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
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)
Derivation:
convey (transmit a title or property)
conveyancer (a lawyer who specializes in the business of conveying properties)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Something that serves as a means of transportation
Synonyms:
conveyance; transport
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
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"):
vehicle (a conveyance that transports people or objects)
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)
trailer (a large transport conveyance designed to be pulled by a truck or tractor)
telfer; telpher (one of the conveyances (or cars) in a telpherage)
lift; ski lift; ski tow (a powered conveyance that carries skiers up a hill)
sidecar (conveyance consisting of a small carrier attached to the side of a motorcycle)
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)
Sense 4
Meaning:
The transmission of information
Synonyms:
conveyance; impartation; imparting
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
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.)
Derivation:
convey ((of information) make known; pass on)
Sense 5
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)
Derivation:
conveyancer (a lawyer who specializes in the business of conveying properties)
Context examples:
We parted finally at the door of the Brocklehurst Arms there: each went her separate way; she set off for the brow of Lowood Fell to meet the conveyance which was to take her back to Gateshead, I mounted the vehicle which was to bear me to new duties and a new life in the unknown environs of Millcote.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
I was at the coach office to take leave of her and see her go; and there was he, returning to Canterbury by the same conveyance.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
Our progress was leisurely, and gave me ample time to reflect; I was content to be at length so near the end of my journey; and as I leaned back in the comfortable though not elegant conveyance, I meditated much at my ease.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
I know that my aunt distressed Dora's aunts very much, by utterly setting at naught the dignity of fly-conveyance, and walking out to Putney at extraordinary times, as shortly after breakfast or just before tea; likewise by wearing her bonnet in any manner that happened to be comfortable to her head, without at all deferring to the prejudices of civilization on that subject.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
