freight
- noun
- /freɪt/
- But largely we think of freight and we think of vans and lorries.
- freight train
- haul freight
- transport freight
But largely we think of freight and we think of vans and lorries.
- But largely we think of freight and we think of vans and lorries.
- It, this is the cheapest way to, to move freight.
- Initially that was blamed on a lack of like trains and freight cars.
- Yet the pulse oximeter beats steadily like freight cars passing.
- Like I really loved the episode about the freight train.
- So because our shooting schedule was so unendingly, it was a freight train.
Examples
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Sheriff, I heard about that freight wagon getting robbed.
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Hundreds of millions of passengers and countless tons of freight are carried annually by air.
Academic text (2003) -
I know where to go for my my freight and logistics.
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We are market leader in ocean freight, we are market leader in air freight and we are market leader in contract logistics.
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So last year's challenge was to come up with proposals to make long range transportation of freight more sustainable and more equitable.
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Closure of the straits could be expected to immediately raise freight rates worldwide.
Academic text (2005) -
Each one of those freight cars contains 4.5 tons of purest raw silver.
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Coal shipments increased, but trains carried no more freight in 1980 than they did in 1970.
Academic text (1999) -
Eurotunnel expects the freight shuttles to pull 8.5 million tonnes of goods in the first year.
Academic text (1993) -
The ship arrived at the port, loaded with freight from across the globe.
Synonyms
A system that moves people or goods, often by vehicles
Moving people or goods from one place to another
Bringing parcels or food to someone
Goods carried by a ship, plane, or large vehicle
An amount of things carried at one time, like cargo on a vehicle
A load of goods sent together by one truck, plane, or ship
Business of moving goods by sea using large boats
The business of moving goods by truck
The goods carried by a vehicle like an airplane or truck
The activity of moving goods by truck or large vehicle
A batch of goods sent by truck or ship for delivery
A load of goods carried on a ship, truck, or train
A large amount of goods carried by a ship
A large amount of goods that one train can carry
The moving of goods by road or rail
The cost of moving goods a short distance by truck or cart
Transporting people and goods by boat or plane as a regular service
The transport of large amounts of goods by ship or truck for pay
The movement of goods by truck
The movement of large amounts of goods between major warehouses on main routes
A contract to hire a ship or cargo space to carry goods by sea
Idioms
Compounds
A person who organizes and checks the arrival and delivery of goods for a shipping company
How Much
Surface Forms
Etymology
Freight comes from old Germanic words like Fracht and vracht, which meant 'cargo' or 'load' and were used for the goods moved by ship, cart, or train. That's why freight can mean the goods themselves that are carried in large amounts, similar to the word 'cargo'.