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unloading

unloading

8 2.0
Removing goods from a vehicle like a truck or ship
  • noun
  • /ʌnˈloʊdɪŋ/
: descarga
  • 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
3 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
emptying
vsunloading
2 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
loadout
vsunloading
1 6.5

Packing and removing equipment after an event

focuses only on removing loads from vehicles or containers rather than both actions
unshipping
vsunloading
  • Specialized
5.6

To remove goods from a ship or vehicle

is used to remove loads from any container or transport

Antonyms

69 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.