Meanings
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noun
Goods carried by a ship, aircraft, or vehicle.
The plane was overloaded with cargo.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
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noun
· goods carried by a ship,...
shipment
Word family
Forms
cargoescargos
Derived forms
all-cargocargoismcargolesscargoplane
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish cargo (“load, burden”), from cargar (“to load”), from Late Latin carricō. Doublet of charge and carga.
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