freight
IPA: frˈeɪt
noun
- (uncountable) The transportation of goods (originally by water; now also (chiefly US) by land); also, the hiring of a vehicle or vessel for such transportation.
- (uncountable) Goods or items in transport; cargo, luggage.
- (countable) Payment for transportation.
- (figuratively)
- (countable) A burden, a load.
- (specifically, uncountable) Cultural or emotional associations.
- (countable, originally US, rail transport) Short for freight train. [A train used for the transportation of freight.]
verb
- (transitive)
- To load (a vehicle or vessel) with freight (cargo); also, to hire or rent out (a vehicle or vessel) to carry cargo or passengers.
- To transport (goods).
- (by extension) To load or store (goods, etc.).
- (figuratively) To carry (something) as if it is a burden or load.
- (intransitive, US, also figuratively) Chiefly followed by up: to carry as part of a cargo.
adjective
- (obsolete) Freighted; laden.
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Examples of "freight" in Sentences
- The freight line is to the immediate west.
- The competition kept the freight rates low.
- The police found the cold body in the freight train.
- The war caused the high intensity of freight transport.
- The day rambled on like a freight train destine for success.
- The freight trade led to the settlement of the canyon itself.
- The freight station to the north is contemporary with the depot.
- The only structure on the line is the freight station at Glasgow.
- The freight house was built on the levee near the Mississippi River.
- From the destination service center, the freight is delivered to the customer.