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 Georgia Ports Authority has a shiny new cargo facility in North Georgia that promises to serve more than just shipping needs.
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Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 27 May 2026
Only authorized Ebola response teams, humanitarian operations, food and cargo transportation, and essential security personnel will be allowed to move across the border, the statement said.
—Jamie Gumbrecht, CNN Money, 27 May 2026
The road runs alongside the Madeira River — one of the Amazon River’s main tributaries that has suffered from droughts that disrupt cargo transport.
—ABC News, 27 May 2026
By the time engineers realized the issue was a systemic structural fault across the entire fleet, the cargo ship was already halfway across the Atlantic, steaming toward Brazil.
—Andrew Rice, New York Times, 27 May 2026
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Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 27 May 2026
Only authorized Ebola response teams, humanitarian operations, food and cargo transportation, and essential security personnel will be allowed to move across the border, the statement said.
—Jamie Gumbrecht, CNN Money, 27 May 2026
The road runs alongside the Madeira River — one of the Amazon River’s main tributaries that has suffered from droughts that disrupt cargo transport.
—ABC News, 27 May 2026
By the time engineers realized the issue was a systemic structural fault across the entire fleet, the cargo ship was already halfway across the Atlantic, steaming toward Brazil.
—Andrew Rice, New York Times, 27 May 2026
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 2 Jun. 2026.
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