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 upgrades would enable fighter jets and cargo planes to use the base.
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Shirsho Dasgupta, Miami Herald, 1 Dec. 2025
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Level 1 and 2 charging cables are stored in a case in the rear cargo area.
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The cargo ship is carrying 18,000 tons of stone and was headed to Lorain, Ohio, from Windsor, Ontario.
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Shirsho Dasgupta, Miami Herald, 1 Dec. 2025
China’s Ro-Ro vessel Ro-Ro vessels are civilian cargo ships designed to carry vehicles using ramps rather than cranes.
—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 1 Dec. 2025
Level 1 and 2 charging cables are stored in a case in the rear cargo area.
—James Raia, Mercury News, 30 Nov. 2025
The cargo ship is carrying 18,000 tons of stone and was headed to Lorain, Ohio, from Windsor, Ontario.
—Arkansas Online, 28 Nov. 2025
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“Cargo.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cargo. Accessed 7 Dec. 2025.
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