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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Reuters — Iran confirmed on Saturday that its Revolutionary Guards had seized a tanker in Gulf waters carrying a cargo of petrochemicals bound for Singapore over alleged violations, Iranian state media reported.
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Reuters, CNN Money, 15 Nov. 2025
The vessel, which is carrying a cargo of high-sulfur gasoil, was sailing off the coast of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) en route to Singapore when three small boats approached it and the crew shifted its course.
—MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Nov. 2025
The tanker was previously sailing off the United Arab Emirates' coast, maritime sources said on Friday, and was carrying a cargo of high-sulphur gasoil through the Indian Ocean en route to Singapore from Sharjah in the UAE.
—Jonathan Saul, USA Today, 14 Nov. 2025
In a world where freight, cargo, vehicles, equipment, livestock, and passengers are all routinely moving across Earth’s surface, this is a much more difficult task than even modern technology is up to.
—Big Think, 14 Nov. 2025
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Reuters, CNN Money, 15 Nov. 2025
The vessel, which is carrying a cargo of high-sulfur gasoil, was sailing off the coast of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) en route to Singapore when three small boats approached it and the crew shifted its course.
—MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Nov. 2025
The tanker was previously sailing off the United Arab Emirates' coast, maritime sources said on Friday, and was carrying a cargo of high-sulphur gasoil through the Indian Ocean en route to Singapore from Sharjah in the UAE.
—Jonathan Saul, USA Today, 14 Nov. 2025
In a world where freight, cargo, vehicles, equipment, livestock, and passengers are all routinely moving across Earth’s surface, this is a much more difficult task than even modern technology is up to.
—Big Think, 14 Nov. 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 20 Nov. 2025.
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