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- Dictionaryfreight/freɪt/
noun
- 1. goods transported in bulk by truck, train, ship, or aircraft: "a decline in the amount of freight carried by rail" Similar
- 2. a freight train: US "I can hear the regular wail of the twelve o'clock freight from my house"
verb
- 1. transport (goods) in bulk by truck, train, ship, or aircraft: "the metals had been freighted from the city"
- 2. be laden or burdened with: "each word was freighted with anger"
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Freight is the goods that are transported by ship, aircraft, train, or truck, or the system of transporting these goods. Learn more about the noun, verb, and adverb forms of freight, and see how to use it in sentences and collocations.
Learn the meaning of freight as a noun and a verb, with synonyms, examples, and word history. Find out how to use freight in a sentence and how it differs from fraught.
Learn the meaning of freight as a noun, verb, and adverb, and see how it is used in different contexts. Find out the synonyms, related words, and translations of freight in English.
Freight is the general term for goods transported from one place to another by any means: to send freight from New York to New Orleans. Cargo is the term generally used for goods carried by ship or plane: to send a cargo to Europe.
Freight is the movement or goods transported by various means, such as lorries, trains, ships, or aeroplanes. Learn more about the word origin, usage, and related terms of freight from Collins English Dictionary.
Freight is the noun for goods that are transported by ships, planes, trains or lorries. Learn how to pronounce freight, see example sentences and find synonyms and related words in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary.
Like many nouns that can mean an action as well as an actual thing, freight refers to either the sending of goods or the goods themselves. It can also mean the charge for sending goods. You pay freight for the freight of your freight. Freight can also be used as a verb.
