shipment

noun

ship·​ment ˈship-mənt 

1

: the act or process of shipping

2

: the goods shipped

Examples of shipment in a Sentence

We sent out another shipment of books.

My order was delivered in two shipments.

This box is ready for shipment.

Recent Examples on the Web

But Macron and Biden have often chafed at the pace of support for Ukraine, especially as the United States, by far the largest contributor to Kyiv's defense, was forced to pause aid shipments for months while congressional Republicans held up an assistance package. —Chris Megerian, TIME, 8 June 2024

And that includes a large infestation of Asian tiger mosquitoes in 2001 that came over with an ornamental bamboo shipment imported from China. —Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2024

Musk’s conflicting interests On Tuesday, Musk went on to say an expansion of the EV maker’s Texas site to house a new data center is almost complete, after the CNBC report cited warnings of possible further delays to shipments of Nvidia’s benchmark AI chips to Tesla. —Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 5 June 2024

Recipes and Wine Pairings for the 2024 Wellness Issue All these bottles are in our next club shipment, and the recipes were all featured in our 2024 Summer Living issue. —Sunset Magazine, 30 May 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1799, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

shipment

noun

ship·​ment ˈship-mənt 

1

: the act of shipping

2

: the goods shipped