cargo
noun
car·go
ˈkär-(ˌ)gō 
plural cargoes or cargos
: the goods or merchandise conveyed in a ship, airplane, or vehicle : freight
Dock workers were unloading the ship's cargo.
Examples of cargo in a Sentence
The ship was carrying a cargo of crude oil.
we put all of our cargo on the pack animals and began our journey through the canyon
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July 3 — Roscosmos’ Soyuz to launch with supply cargo to the International Space Station out of Kazakhstan.
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Ruxandra Iordache, CNBC, 27 June 2025
Satellite images from Maxar Technology also captured a line of cargo trucks parked outside Fordow in the days before strikes, stirring speculation of whether Iran had moved some of its nuclear equipment.
—Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA Today, 27 June 2025
Satellite imagery captured by Maxar on June 19 showing cargo trucks close to the underground entrance of the Fordow fuel enrichment facility, prior to U.S. airstrikes on the underground complex.
—Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 June 2025
The first-stage booster made its 16th flight having previously flown on two crewed and two cargo missions to the International Space Station among others.
—Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 June 2025
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Ruxandra Iordache, CNBC, 27 June 2025
Satellite images from Maxar Technology also captured a line of cargo trucks parked outside Fordow in the days before strikes, stirring speculation of whether Iran had moved some of its nuclear equipment.
—Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA Today, 27 June 2025
Satellite imagery captured by Maxar on June 19 showing cargo trucks close to the underground entrance of the Fordow fuel enrichment facility, prior to U.S. airstrikes on the underground complex.
—Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 June 2025
The first-stage booster made its 16th flight having previously flown on two crewed and two cargo missions to the International Space Station among others.
—Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 June 2025
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“Cargo.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cargo. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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