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
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The Sierra Space team will then offload the remaining NASA cargo and begin preparing the plane for its next mission.
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Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 21 May 2024
The containers that are still on the Dali will be taken off at the port, and Maersk, the shipping company that chartered the ship, will arrange to have the cargo delivered to its customers some other way.
—Campbell Robertson, New York Times, 20 May 2024
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Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 21 May 2024
The containers that are still on the Dali will be taken off at the port, and Maersk, the shipping company that chartered the ship, will arrange to have the cargo delivered to its customers some other way.
—Campbell Robertson, New York Times, 20 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 28 May. 2024.
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