Cargo - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈkɑːrɡəʊ|  American pronunciation of the word cargo
Brit.  |ˈkɑːɡəʊ|  British pronunciation of the word cargo

noun

- goods carried by a large vehicle (syn: consignment, freight, lading, load, loading, payload, shipment)

Extra examples

The ship was carrying a cargo of crude oil.

...we put all of our cargo on the pack animals and began our journey through the canyon...

A ship carrying a cargo of oil has run aground.

The boat sank under the weight of the cargo.

The airport handles both passenger and cargo flights.

Workers were loading cargo on the ships.

...the crew put the cargo on the float before heading back down the river...

The shipment of tools arrived at the dock in cargo containers yesterday.

He worked as a sailor on a cargo ship.

It took six hours to freight the cargo airplane.

The cargo was hoisted up onto the ship.

...with his ship rapidly sinking, the captain ordered a last-ditch jettison of much of its cargo...

The captain gave orders to jettison the cargo.

The body of the car was reshaped to allow for more cargo space.

Divers salvaged some of the sunken ship's cargo.

Word forms

noun
singular: cargo
plural: cargoes or cargos
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