freight

 
Pronunciation: /freɪt/

noun

[mass noun]
  • goods transported in bulk by truck, train, ship, or aircraft: a decline in the amount of freight carried by rail [as modifier]: a freight train
  • the transport of bulk goods by truck, train, ship, or aircraft: the truck-based system can outperform air freight at distances of up to seven hundred miles
  • a charge for transport by freight: a bill indicating that the freight has been paid

verb

[with object]
  • 1transport (goods) in bulk by truck, train, ship, or aircraft: the metals had been freighted from the city
  • 2 (be freighted with) be laden or burdened with: each word was freighted with anger

Origin:

late Middle English (in the sense 'hire of a ship for transporting goods'): from Middle Dutch, Middle Low German vrecht, variant of vracht 'ship's cargo'. Compare with fraught

Spelling help

Remember that freight is spelled with the e before the i.

the freight train was carrying engines and implements.