Freight Train 66096
freight |frāt| noun 1 goods transported by truck, train, ship, or aircraft. • the transport of goods by truck, train, ship, or aircraft. • a charge for such transport. 2 (in full freight train) a train of freight cars : sugar and molasses moving by freight. 3 a load or burden. verb [ trans. ] transport (goods) in bulk by truck, train, ship, or aircraft : the metals had been freighted from the city | [ intrans. ] ships freighting to Dublin. • ( be freighted with) figurative be laden or burdened with : each word was freighted with anger. DERIVATIVES freighting |frāti ng | noun ORIGIN late Middle English (in the sense [rental of a ship for transporting goods] ): from Middle Dutch, Middle Low German vrecht, variant of vracht ‘ship's cargo.’ Compare with fraught .
Freight Train 66096
freight |frāt| noun 1 goods transported by truck, train, ship, or aircraft. • the transport of goods by truck, train, ship, or aircraft. • a charge for such transport. 2 (in full freight train) a train of freight cars : sugar and molasses moving by freight. 3 a load or burden. verb [ trans. ] transport (goods) in bulk by truck, train, ship, or aircraft : the metals had been freighted from the city | [ intrans. ] ships freighting to Dublin. • ( be freighted with) figurative be laden or burdened with : each word was freighted with anger. DERIVATIVES freighting |frāti ng | noun ORIGIN late Middle English (in the sense [rental of a ship for transporting goods] ): from Middle Dutch, Middle Low German vrecht, variant of vracht ‘ship's cargo.’ Compare with fraught .