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noun
- 1. goods carried on a ship, aircraft, or motor vehicle: "transportation of bulk cargo"
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CARGO definition: 1. the goods carried by a ship, aircraft, or other large vehicle: 2. the goods carried by a ship…. Learn more.
Cargo refers to goods carried by a large vehicle, like a plane, ship, train, or truck. See a giant truck on the highway piled high with boxes, lumber, or new cars? It's carrying cargo.
: the goods or merchandise conveyed in a ship, airplane, or vehicle : freight. Dock workers were unloading the ship's cargo. Synonyms. burden. draft. freight. haul. lading. loading. payload. weight. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of cargo in a Sentence.
Cargo is the load of materials being transported by a vehicle like a ship, airplane, train, or truck, especially for commercial or professional purposes. The word cargo is used collectively —it’s a singular noun that refers to a group of items. For example, all of the shipping containers being transported by a ship are its cargo.
noun [ C or U ] us / ˈkɑːr.ɡoʊ / uk / ˈkɑː.ɡəʊ / plural cargoes or cargos. Add to word list Add to word list. C2. the goods carried by a ship, aircraft, or other large vehicle: a cargo ship / plane. The ship was carrying a cargo of wood. Synonyms. consignment. load. payload. shipment. Compare. freight noun. Fewer examples. cargo vessels.
Definition of 'cargo' Word Frequency. cargo. (kɑːʳgoʊ ) Word forms: plural cargoes. variable noun. The cargo of a ship or plane is the goods that it is carrying. The boat calls at the main port to load its regular cargo of bananas. [ + of] ...cargo planes. Synonyms: load, goods, contents, shipment More Synonyms of cargo.
Definition of cargo noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. a. goods carried by a ship, aircraft, or other vehicle; freight. b. ( as modifier ): a cargo vessel. 2. any load: the train pulled in with its cargo of new arrivals. [C17: from Spanish: from cargar to load, from Late Latin carricāre to load a vehicle, from carrus car]
goods that are carried in a vehicle: a cargo of oil. a cargo ship / plane. (Definition of cargo from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
cargos. npl. WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024. car•go /ˈkɑrgoʊ/ n., pl. -goes, -gos. Transport the load of goods carried by a ship, airplane, etc.: [ uncountable] The plane was loaded with cargo. [ countable] It was a cargo of natural gas.
