Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The freight carried by a ship, an aircraft, or another vehicle.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The lading or freight of a ship; the goods, merchandise, or whatever is conveyed in a ship or other merchant vessel. The lading within the hold is called the inboard cargo, in distinction from freight, such as horses and cattle, carried on deck. The term is usually applied to goods only, but in a less technical sense it may include persons.
- n. [Appar. a slang use, perhaps of other origin. Cf. cargo.] A term of contempt applied to a man, usually explained as “bully” or “bravo”: found only in the following passage.
- An exclamation of surprise or contempt.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. The lading or freight of a ship or other vessel; the goods, merchandise, or whatever is conveyed in a vessel or boat; load; freight.
WordNet 3.0
- n. goods carried by a large vehicle
Etymologies
- From Spanish cargo ("load, burden"), from cargar ("to load"), from Late Latin carricare. (Wiktionary)
- Spanish, from cargar, to load, from Late Latin carricāre, from Latin carrus, a Gallic type of wagon; see kers- in Indo-European roots. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“So impressed, in fact, that a new religion was born out of the old beliefs: the worship of ‘cargo’ cargo is pidgin for goods of any kind.”
“The freight cars get priority, * even though their cargo is usually a little less time sensitive than people.”
“University of Sheffield is developing what it calls a cargo-screening ferret that uses a combination of laser and fiber-optic technology to sniff out the tiniest traces of drugs, weapons, explosives and even illegal immigrants.”
“So instead of writing new material today, I was rewriting scenes I wrote in the past couple of days, to ensure that I got one character (and important ... let's call it "cargo") into orbit where they have to be for the rest of the book to pan out the way I envision.”
“A friend of ours, a Mexican, returned from the US and met us in cargo shorts, a Hawaiian shirt and untied jogging shoes .... we teased him unmercifully that he had turned into a gringo.”
“Dag Daughtry strolled along the beach, Michael at his heels or running circles of delight around him at every repetition of that strange low lip-noise, and paused just outside the circle of lantern light where dusky forms laboured with landing cargo from the whale-boats and where the Commissioner's clerk and the”
“And it fits in cargo pocket perfectly while you get to a good spot to drain it, I would advise draining it 100yrds or so from your stand in a simular fashion explained above ....”
“Authorities intercepted two U. S.-bound packages laden with explosives in cargo shipments from Yemen, raising alarm in the U.S. and Europe.”
“The company's biennial air-freight forecast assumes global gross-domestic - product growth of 3.2% a year and comes amid heightened scrutiny of the sector after the discovery of explosive materials in cargo shipments in the U.K. and Dubai last week.”
The Wall Street Journal: Boeing Sees China Becoming World's No. 2 Jet Market
“WASHINGTON – U.S. authorities believe two packages laden with explosives that were found in cargo shipments from Yemen may have been shipped by suspected militants linked to language schools there, officials say.”
The Wall Street Journal: Packages May Have Been Sent by Militants Linked to Schools; Arrests Made
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘cargo’.
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TRAN - general terms
The vocabulary of transport policy
waterborne transport, mode of transport, transmission shaft, transhipped cargo, sustainable mobility, trans-european ne..., roll on - roll off, supply of service..., satellite navigation, reduction of emis..., promote internati..., unleaded petrol and 176 more...
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EN - pseudo-English words
English words used by foreigners in a different sense than they would be used by native speakers + madeupical "English" words that sound English but are not recognized as such by native speakers of...
abseiling, advertising, agroboy, airco, air-condition, relooker, apart, autogrill, autostop, babykiller, baby-foot, babylift and 263 more...
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Realia from Everywhere
Culturally defined terms and expressions from the four corners of the world
fjord, mistral steppe, tornado, tsunami, polder, kiwi, koala, sequoia, Abominable Snowman, paprika, spaghetti, empanada and 299 more...
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eggplantia5's Words
scintillate, marvel, cranberry, oscillate, triumph, bamboozle, grimace, magical, book, hexagon, cipher, compendium and 2727 more...
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colleen's words
yellow, green, pie, blue, fur, people, incense, book, brown, avuncular, mountain, fog and 1316 more...
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Words I like
This is a list of my favourite words (phrases) in english, as a second language. I love them mostly because of how they sound and their meaning.
ninja, cookie, skill, zip, plentiful, digg, debris, pancake, cucumber, fetch, pot, backpack and 461 more...
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The braggadocio recipe
A selection of English* words ending with a vowel (except "y", "ea", ie", "ee", "oo", "ea", "ou") that is REALLY pronounced.
My favorite English words, by the way.
The good twin of The ...braggadocio, recipe, encyclopedia, solo, gnu, flu, maybe, apocope, mini, arrhythmia, folio, stereo and 197 more...
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Basic English Vocabulary
Very basic words for ESL students.
a, abandon, ability, able, abortion, about, above, abroad, absence, absolute, absolutely, absorb and 4334 more...
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Just 'cause I like 'em, C
cryptoxanthin, convent, calcar, chuckle, campanile, covet, complexion, campestral, chirography, counterscarp, caliginous, catabolism and 722 more...
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Poetrie: Cargoes
by John Masefield
Quinquireme of Nineveh from distant Ophir
Rowing home to haven in sunny Palestine,
With a cargo of ivory,
And apes and peacocks,
Sandalwood, c...tray, iron-ware, firewood, pig-lead, road-rail, coal, butt, coaster, dirty, moidore, cinnamon, topaz and 18 more...
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OM3 Lesson 18
camp, pack, sleep, sleeping bag, tent, lantern, kid, child, head out, insect, repellent, first aid and 21 more...
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MEC4 Lesson 152
cannonball, blow away, improbable, hardened, handicapper, regarded, defiance, obstacle, destined, cargo, cargo plane, Caracas and 49 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for cargo.

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