Definition of CARGO

cargo

Plural: cargoes, cargos

Noun

  • Goods or merchandise carried on a ship, aircraft, or vehicle.
  • goods carried by a large vehicle
  • Freight carried by a ship, aircraft, or motor vehicle.
  • Western material goods.

Verb

  • To load with freight.

Examples

  • The plane was overloaded with cargo. It was a cargo of live animals.
  • The rack felt like a CARGO hold, full of letters waiting to be unloaded strategically.

Origin / Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish cargo (“load, burden”), from cargar (“to load”), from Late Latin carricō. Doublet of charge and carga.

Scrabble Score: 8

cargo: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
cargo: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
cargo: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 10

cargo: valid Words With Friends Word