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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Capponi told the Herald that GEM had the first cargo plane land in Jamaica as soon as the airport opened, with four more arriving since then.
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Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 3 Nov. 2025
More than 92 percent of the total export and import cargo in and out of Bangladesh goes through the port.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 3 Nov. 2025
On the morning of November 9, 1975, the ship, with its all-American crew of 29, sailed from Superior, Wisconsin, with a cargo of taconite pellets bound for Zug Island in Detroit.
—Doyle Rice, USA Today, 3 Nov. 2025
The Coast Guard in the immediate years after the Fitzgerald sank rescinded a 1973 amendment to Great Lakes bulk carrier load lines that was allowing the ships to carry more cargo in their holds, with the effect of riding lower in the water.
—Keith Matheny, Freep.com, 2 Nov. 2025
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Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 3 Nov. 2025
More than 92 percent of the total export and import cargo in and out of Bangladesh goes through the port.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 3 Nov. 2025
On the morning of November 9, 1975, the ship, with its all-American crew of 29, sailed from Superior, Wisconsin, with a cargo of taconite pellets bound for Zug Island in Detroit.
—Doyle Rice, USA Today, 3 Nov. 2025
The Coast Guard in the immediate years after the Fitzgerald sank rescinded a 1973 amendment to Great Lakes bulk carrier load lines that was allowing the ships to carry more cargo in their holds, with the effect of riding lower in the water.
—Keith Matheny, Freep.com, 2 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 7 Nov. 2025.
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