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unloading

unloading

7 2.0
Removing goods from a vehicle like a truck or ship
  • noun
  • /ʌnˈloʊdɪŋ/
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  • The dockworkers are busy with the unloading of cargo from the ship.
  • loading and unloading

Anyway, I'll find out the next day he's been nicked for unloading A lorry, unloading a van with two bags.

Examples

  • The White Zone is for the immediate loading and unloading of patients only.

  • Please note that the loading and unloading areas are for emergency vehicles only.

  • The white zone is for the loading and unloading of passengers only.

  • A great deal of unloading was going on at long stone piers.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • And we were near there, and we saw the crew unloading all of the circle equipment from Burbank Airport.

  • With three of them, it didn't take long to finish the unloading.

    Fiction book (2002)
  • Have you ever seen your neighbors unloading their groceries?

  • I traveled to Monterey to oversee the unloading of our goods off a Yankee ship.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • Down on the avenue, the bands are unloading their black case, amps and instruments from the open vans in the sunlight of evening that begins the night.

  • The FORX valve lifting device is designed to lift valves safely and easily during loading, unloading, and installation.

    Academic text (1997)

Synonyms

evacuation
vsunloading
  • NSFW
14 4.5

Removing the contents of a container or body, for example waste from a tank

is about taking loads from transport or storage, not bodily discharge
unshipping
vsunloading
  • Specialized
5.6

To remove goods from a ship or vehicle

is used to remove loads from any container or transport
loadout
vsunloading
6.5

Packing and removing equipment after an event

focuses only on removing loads from vehicles or containers rather than both actions
emptying
vsunloading
1.8

An action that removes all things from a container or place

often removes only a load or cargo, not necessarily every small item

Antonyms

77 2.2

Putting goods onto a vehicle or into a container

Surface Forms

unloading singular
unloadings plural

Morphology

unloading = unload (transparent) = un + load + ing

Standard noun formation from the verb 'unload' indicating the action or process.

Etymology

Unloading is made of un- meaning 'reverse' or 'remove' and load meaning 'a weight or goods put on a vehicle', so unloading is the act of taking that weight or those goods off a truck, ship, or container.