Freight

What do we mean by freight?

Goods carried by a vessel or vehicle, especially by a commercial carrier; cargo. noun

A burden; a load. noun

Commercial transportation of goods. noun

The charge for transporting goods. noun

A railway train carrying goods only. noun

To convey commercially as cargo. transitive verb

To load with goods to be transported. transitive verb

To load or lade with goods or merchandise for transportation: often used figuratively.

To hire for the transportation of goods or merchandise.

To carry or transport as freight.

Short for freight-train. noun

Same as fraught.

The cargo, or any part of the cargo, of a ship; lading; that which is carried by water; in the United States and Canada, in general, anything carried for pay either by water or by land; the lading of a ship, canal-boat, railroad-car, wagon, etc. noun

The price paid for the transportation of goods or merchandise by sea; by extension, in the United States and Canada, in general, the price paid for the transportation of goods or merchandise by land or by sea. noun

In a more general sense, the price paid for the use of a ship, including the transportation of passengers. noun

Employed in the transportation of freight; having to do with freight. adjective

A person employed by a transportation company to receive, forward, or deliver goods. adjective

See under Car. adjective

A railroad train made up of freight cars; -- called in England goods train. adjective

Payment for transportation.

Goods or items in transport.

Transport of goods.

A freight train.

Cultural or emotional associations.

Words that are spelled similarly to freight:
freight, feight, fright, fraight.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word freight:
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Words that rhyme with freight:
state, rate, date, plate, advocate, appropriate, appreciate, mitigate, great, propagate, facilitate, accommodate, articulate, elaborate, vacillate, mandate, estate, conflate, weight, abrogate, anticipate, repudiate, emulate, intimate, ameliorate, separate, alleviate, predicate, innate, obviate, exacerbate, associate, deliberate, obfuscate, abate, mate, gate, disseminate, consummate, slate, indicate, emanate, create, elucidate, contemplate, adequate, trait, straight, resonate, delineate, initiate, incorporate, postulate, dedicate, estimate, integrate, assimilate, delegate, extrapolate, fate, reiterate, coordinate, precipitate, corroborate, collaborate, gait, manipulate, evaluate, desolate, late, designate, alternate, update, rait, collate, surrogate, abdicate, cultivate, procrastinate, commiserate, consolidate, wait, moderate, arrogate, spate, relate, debate, demonstrate, deprecate, stipulate, inculcate, denigrate, celebrate, dissipate, graduate, exonerate, communicate, subordinate, negate, compensate.

Adjectives that are often used to describe freight:
heavy, precious, human, more, fast, local, much, total, full, general, dead, whole, slow, ocean, perishable, paid, less, gross, valuable, ordinary, bulky, carload, chartered, additional, extra, light, bound, prepaid, rich, international, domestic, class, eastbound, miscellaneous, outbound, average, regular, mixed, inbound, commercial, actual, emotional, net, outward, inward, earthly, outgoing, bulk, double, interstate, borne, cheap, incoming, ideological, enough, usual, containerized, fair, haul, grade, distance, profitable, live, unclaimed, air, unpaid, excess, phantom, symbolic, pro, heavier.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective freight:
car, train, cars, trains, house, handling, rates, vehicles, rate, handlers, houses, wagon, charges, lines, out, traffic, carriers, money, yards, boat, boats, wagons, elevator, yard, passenger, carrier, forwarder, line, carrying, business, ships, services, agent, transportation, room, forwarders, service, bill, companies, engines, classification, depot, station, engine, company, handler, ship, industry, costs, sheds, agents, shipments, vessels, charge, revenue, teams, operations, kinds, receiving, steamer, equipment, transfer, trip, pile, transport, trucks, bills, auditor, riding, locomotive, truck, office, locomotives, conductor, claim, container, steamers, miles, carts, tons, master, stations, delivery, equalization, wheel, tonnage, load, memphis, runs, railway, tariffs, board, contract.

Consonant match to freight:
fruit, fret, fraught, fright, fraight, frote, frate, frett, freet.

Words that sound like freight:
freight, frate, fraight, fruit, fright, fret, frat, frayed, fraught, fraid, frett, frit, freet, frite, frut, firat, freit, frote, ferrat, fritt, first, fate, phrase, fraud, fried, fred, freed, fray, fait, fete, freud, frey, freya, freighter, fert, furrowed, furt, frod, freda, frase, frays, froid, fraise, freid, fraze, furst, frst, feight, fride, frid, freude, frater, frad, frt, freights, fraiche, frae, froyd, fraude, frais, frnt, frud, frode, froude, frates, fayt, friede, frej, froide, furcate, ferrate, fermate, furcht, irate, irrate, feet, fat, fade, afraid, feat, faught, ferd, faid, feit, faut, affright, fatt, faat, fayed, far-out, faute, afreet, efreet, -free, affrayed, far out, far right, affret, fahed, afrit.