: a ship or airplane used chiefly to carry freight
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The most prominent features of the Cygnus cargo freighter are its circular, fan-like solar arrays and an aluminum cylinder called the pressurized cargo module that bears some resemblance to a keg of beer.—Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 15 Sep. 2025 Daryl was able to get to France on a freighter.—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025 Andrew Pepler — the great-great-great grandson of James Carruthers, the shipping executive after whom a sunken freighter was named — said the news that the missing ship was finally found overwhelmed him with a flood of emotions.—Frank Witsil, Freep.com, 29 Aug. 2025 Museumgoers can also explore a huge freighter and tugboat, docked along the Maumee River outside the museum.—Jeri Clausing, AFAR Media, 22 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for freighter
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