cargo Definition
cargo (kär′gō)
noun pl. -·goes or -·gos
the load of commodities carried by a ship, airplane, truck, etc.; freight
Etymology: Sp, burden < cargar, to load, impose taxes < VL carricare: see charge
cargo Synonyms
cargo Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- coal: She was on a voyage from the Tyne to Bordeaux with a cargo of coal.
- ton: Whilst en-route from Rotterdam to Alexandria with cargo of 9100 tons of fertilizer in heavy seas the cargo shifted and she began taking water.
Converse of object
- unload: All his mild efforts to unload this cargo went for nothing.
- containerize: Information regarding nearly 100 % of all containerized cargo is carefully screened by DHS before it arrives in the United States.
- carry: Fly boat A swiftly moving canal boat carrying priority cargoes.
- discharge: For the last ten days or so, we have been working down the East African coast, discharging cargo at Mombasa and Tanga.
- handle: Over the past 12 months, the amount of cargo handled at Aberdeen Airport increased by almost 5 % .
Adjective modifier
- precious: Russell Fowler explains how to protect the precious cargo every truck carries.
- hazardous: Also an approved warehouse for hazardous cargoes is available.
- high-risk: Our ability to inspect efficiently and swiftly depends on accurate screening and targeting high-risk cargo.
- deadly: Most people would rightly expect trains with such a deadly cargo to be guarded like a radioactive Fort Knox.
- bulk: In addition to regular ferry traffic the volume of general and bulk cargo has increased continually over the past years.
Modifies a noun
- ship: Old cargo ship, not much known of her.
- vessel: Nuclear fire There was a fire last weekend on board a cargo vessel whose load included uranium dioxide powder.
- pant: One knee of her cargo pants and one hand coated with mud as she pushed herself up.
- albania: WiFi Planet cargo albania reports the system will be solar powered.
- container: Globally, over 48 million full cargo containers move between major seaports each year.
- handling: The aircraft has cargo doors in the nose and rear, with ramps for quick and easy cargo handling.
Noun used with modifier
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