cargo
noun
car·go
ˈkär-(ˌ)gō 
plural cargoes or cargos
: the goods or merchandise conveyed in a ship, airplane, or vehicle : freight
Dock workers were unloading the ship's cargo.
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Examples of cargo in a Sentence
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
Recent Examples on the Web
The sailings come just days after the Port of Baltimore officially reopened the channel following the refloat and removal of the cargo ship that crashed into the bridge.
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Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 28 May 2024
Families will love the aerial adventure course, which offers various engaging features—balance beams, cargo nets, wobbly bridges and other challenges—with varying difficulty levels.
—Nora Colomer, Fox News, 23 May 2024
When a boost was needed, like getting a military cargo plane to transport large-scale art across the Atlantic, Denney was on hand to push the necessary buttons.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2024
The drugs seized were in cargo identified as children’s board games.
—Nicole Lopez, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 May 2024
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Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 28 May 2024
Families will love the aerial adventure course, which offers various engaging features—balance beams, cargo nets, wobbly bridges and other challenges—with varying difficulty levels.
—Nora Colomer, Fox News, 23 May 2024
When a boost was needed, like getting a military cargo plane to transport large-scale art across the Atlantic, Denney was on hand to push the necessary buttons.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2024
The drugs seized were in cargo identified as children’s board games.
—Nicole Lopez, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 May 2024
See all Example Sentences for cargo
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“Cargo.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cargo. Accessed 6 Jun. 2024.
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