noun / verb
freight
FRAYT/freɪt/
Goods carried in bulk from one place to another.
The truck's open doors reveal tightly packed freight.
Etymology
The likely ancestor, Middle Dutch vracht, meant “hire for a ship” or “freight.” English first used the word for transport by water, then for the cargo being carried.
In context
When the first transcontinental railroad opened, freight was transported by boxcars and flat cars
More examples
- They freighted the equipment to the island.
- A forklift moved the freight into the warehouse.
- The carrier charged by the weight of the freight.
Forms
freight · freights · freighted · freighting
Similar words
- cargo
- Often names the goods on a particular ship, plane, or vehicle.
- shipment
- A particular consignment, which need not be bulk goods.