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UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈkɑː^rgəʊ/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈkɑrgoʊ/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(kär′gō)

Inflections of 'cargo' (n):

cargoes: npl

cargos: npl

car•go /ˈkɑrgoʊ/USA pronunciation n., pl. -goes, -gos.

Transportthe load of goods carried by a ship, airplane, etc.: [uncountable]The plane was loaded with cargo.[countable]It was a cargo of natural gas.

car•go (kär′gō),USA pronunciation n., pl. -goes, -gos.

Transportthe lading or freight of a ship, airplane, etc.
load.

Late Latin carricāre; see charge
Spanish: a load, noun, nominal derivative of cargar to load
1640–50

freight.

cargo, +n.

cargos, pants or shorts having several cargo pockets to hold bulky gear and small items.

adj.

of or being a style of pants or shorts with cargo pockets.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

cargo /ˈkɑːɡəʊ/ n ( pl -goes, -gos)

- goods carried by a ship, aircraft, or other vehicle; freight
- (as modifier): a cargo vessel
any load

Etymology: 17th Century: from Spanish: from cargar to load, from Late Latin carricāre to load a vehicle, from carrus car

'cargo' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

airlift - airline - average - ballast - boatload - bulk - burden - cargo pants - caricature - clear - container - containerize - cutter - deck hand - discharge - dunnage - freight - freighter - general average - hold - jetsam - lade - lading - land - lighter - lighterage - load - manifest - paper - particular average - payload - roll-on/roll-off - rummage - salvage - search - shipment - stevedore - stow - supercargo - tare - tonnage - tracer - tramp - trim - unload - afloat - air cargo - air freight - airlifter - airport

In Lists: Pants, Things on a ship, more...

Synonyms: shipload, baggage, freight, lading, load, more...

Collocations: [commercial, industrial, military, national, international] cargo, [twenty] [tons, cubic meters] of cargo, the [limit, weight, volume] of the cargo, more...

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a huge blackholed cargo ship
ain't dropping my cargo
all-cargo
any more than I would leave my ship and a cargo of such value
bouncy chair rigged from cargo hooks
Break Bulk Cargo
But cargo was <taken off> in Istanbul and her cargo was this
cargo - cargos OR cargoes
Cargo and Commodity?
cargo holder
cargo package/piece, freight package/piece, unit load, collo, ...?
cargo planes of / with relief aid
cargo planes of relief aid
cargo train? [freight train / goods train]
cargo transport x ???
cargo vs. shipment
cargo/freight
cargo/freight - trains/air/ships
cleared by "business", not by individual cargo
English cargo loose,
freight vs cargo
go big (on cargo)
Growing traffic in cargo.../ To grow ...
he had a new haircut set off by cargo pants
he pedaled the cargo bike around having me in the box
heavy cargo
how effective they are in moving cargo for their size
it rolls cargo
length/depth of cargo space
Limited cargo port
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