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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Officers made the discovery on April 13 at the Pharr International Bridge cargo facility, which connects U.S. 281 to the Mexican city of Reynosa, Tamaulipas.
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Saleen Martin, USA Today, 19 Apr. 2025
The company hopes to partner with other missions to rapidly deliver cargo to Mars, supplies to lunar orbit, mining equipment to near-Earth asteroids, probes to outer planets and telescopes to deep space.
—Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Apr. 2025
These packages are individually wrapped in plastic and sent by airplanes or cargo ships around the world, creating a massive carbon footprint, Frei said.
—Ramishah Maruf, CNN Money, 16 Apr. 2025
On future missions, these fuel-efficient engines could push heavy cargo into deep space and help enable human expeditions to Mars.
—ArsTechnica, 14 Apr. 2025
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Saleen Martin, USA Today, 19 Apr. 2025
The company hopes to partner with other missions to rapidly deliver cargo to Mars, supplies to lunar orbit, mining equipment to near-Earth asteroids, probes to outer planets and telescopes to deep space.
—Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Apr. 2025
These packages are individually wrapped in plastic and sent by airplanes or cargo ships around the world, creating a massive carbon footprint, Frei said.
—Ramishah Maruf, CNN Money, 16 Apr. 2025
On future missions, these fuel-efficient engines could push heavy cargo into deep space and help enable human expeditions to Mars.
—ArsTechnica, 14 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for cargo
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“Cargo.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cargo. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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