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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The Coast Guard, sometimes with help from the Navy, had typically interdicted boats suspected of smuggling drugs in the Caribbean Sea, searched for illicit cargo, and arrested the people aboard for prosecution.
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Konstantin Toropin, Fortune, 21 Dec. 2025
This may not sound like a huge size difference but ultimately the change in dimensions means more cabin and cargo space, which is coveted in smaller SUVs.
—Charles Singh, USA Today, 21 Dec. 2025
Over the course of his arc, Ziggy was easily pushed around by other low-level criminals and his fellow cargo checkers.
—Jack Dunn, Variety, 21 Dec. 2025
Gateway is a habitable space station designed to orbit the Moon and serve as a staging point for astronaut and cargo missions to and from the lunar surface.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 21 Dec. 2025
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Konstantin Toropin, Fortune, 21 Dec. 2025
This may not sound like a huge size difference but ultimately the change in dimensions means more cabin and cargo space, which is coveted in smaller SUVs.
—Charles Singh, USA Today, 21 Dec. 2025
Over the course of his arc, Ziggy was easily pushed around by other low-level criminals and his fellow cargo checkers.
—Jack Dunn, Variety, 21 Dec. 2025
Gateway is a habitable space station designed to orbit the Moon and serve as a staging point for astronaut and cargo missions to and from the lunar surface.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 21 Dec. 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 30 Dec. 2025.
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