freighter
IPA: frˈeɪtɝ
noun
- One who loads a ship, or one who charters and loads a ship.
- One employed in receiving and forwarding freight.
- One for whom freight is transported.
- (nautical) A vessel used mainly to carry freight; a cargo ship.
- (aviation, by extension) An aircraft used mainly to carry freight; a cargo aircraft or cargo plane.
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Examples of "freighter" in Sentences
- The escort circled the freighter.
- Service as a commercial freighter.
- The freighter crew doesn't matter.
- They find a crippled Talarian freighter.
- All apparently passed under the freighter.
- A pure freighter model is under consideration.
- He was then pursuing the avocation of a freighter.
- The crew alternated looks through the periscope as the freighter sank.
- The crew took turns looking through the periscope as the freighter sank.
- The freighter crew attempted to hook the parachute and bring the pilot up.