English dictionary

freight

/fr/eI/t/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

adjective

Employed in the transportation of freight; having to do with freight; as, a freight car.

adjective

Source: webster1913

goods carried by a large vehicle

noun.artifact

Synonyms cargo consignment lading load loading payload shipment

Source: WordNet 3.0
transporting goods commercially at rates cheaper than express rates

noun.act

Synonyms freightage

Source: WordNet 3.0
the charge for transporting something by common carrier

noun.possession

Examples
We pay the freight.

The freight rate is usually cheaper.

Synonyms freight rate freightage

Source: WordNet 3.0
That with which anything is fraught or laden for transportation; lading; cargo, especially of a ship, or a car on a railroad, etc.; as, a freight of cotton; a full freight.

noun

Source: webster1913

transport commercially as cargo

verb.motion

Source: WordNet 3.0
load with goods for transportation

verb.contact

Source: WordNet 3.0
To load with goods, as a ship, or vehicle of any kind, for transporting them from one place to another; to furnish with freight; as, to freight a ship; to freight a car.

verb

Source: webster1913