freight (noun)
121cabin car — noun a car on a freight train for use of the train crew; usually the last car on the train • Syn: ↑caboose • Hypernyms: ↑car, ↑railcar, ↑railway car, ↑railroad car • Member Holonyms: ↑ …
122fishyback — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun : the movement of truck trailers or freight containers by barge or ship compare piggyback * * * fishˈyback noun (US) Transportation of freight containers and trailers by ship or barge • • • Main Entry: ↑fish …
123traffic manager — noun 1. : an officer of the freight or passenger traffic department of a transport carrier who has charge of traffic solicitation, determination of rates and fares, and related traffic functions 2. : a supervisor of the traffic functions of a… …
124stock car — noun 1. a car kept in dealers stock for regular sales • Hypernyms: ↑car, ↑auto, ↑automobile, ↑machine, ↑motorcar 2. a racing car with the basic chassis of a commercially available car • Hypernyms: ↑racer, ↑ …
125ropeway — noun Date: 1889 1. an endless aerial cable moved by a stationary engine and used to transport freight (as logs and ore) 2. a fixed cable or a pair of fixed cables between supporting towers serving as a track for suspended passenger or freight… …
126trucking — noun /ˈtɹʌkɪŋ/ a) Trading, bartering. This they were wont to use also for hatchets, but now by trucking they have plentie of the same forme of yron. b) the conveyance of freight by trucks. Syn: freight …
127lading — noun a) The action of loading. the ship remained there, in providing his lading and preparing for his voyage, nearly three months... b) Shipment, cargo, freight. Syn: loading, freight …
128freighting — freight freight 2 verb [transitive] TRANSPORT to transport goods in large quantities by ship, plane, train etc: • There was no time to send the equipment by ship, so it was freighted in a B747F aircraft. freighting noun [uncoun …
