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Word: Freight
Speech Type: Noun
late Middle English (in the sense ‘hire of a ship for transporting goods’): from Middle Dutch, Middle Low German vrecht, variant of vracht ‘ship's cargo’. Compare with fraught
freɪt
goods transported in bulk by truck, train, ship, or aircraft
Short Definition:goods transported in bulk
Examples:- a decline in the amount of freight carried by rail
a freight train
Short Definition:train of freight cars
Examples:- I can hear the regular wail of the twelve o'clock freight from my house
a load or burden
Short Definition:load or burden
Examples:- these warm winds deposit their freight of moisture in showers of rain
Word: Freight
Speech Type: Verb
freɪt
transport (goods) in bulk by truck, train, ship, or aircraft
Short Definition:transport goods by freight
Examples:- the metals had been freighted from the city
be laden or burdened with
Short Definition:be laden or burdened with
Examples:- each word was freighted with anger
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