airfreight

[ air-freyt ]

verb (used with object)
  1. to send or ship by air freight: to airfreight French bread to the U.S.

verb (used without object)
  1. to ship cargo by air freight: During the truckers' strike we had to airfreight.

adjective
  1. of, relating to, or involved in air freight: the airfreight business.

Origin of airfreight

1
First recorded in 1925–30; air1 + freight

Other definitions for air freight (2 of 2)

air freight

noun
  1. a system of transporting freight by aircraft: Ship it by air freight.

  2. freight transported by aircraft.

  1. the charge for such transportation.

Origin of air freight

2
First recorded in 1925–30

Other words from air freight

  • air freighter, noun

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How to use airfreight in a sentence

British Dictionary definitions for air freight

air freight

noun
  1. freight transported by aircraft

verbair-freight
  1. (tr) to send (goods) to their destination by aircraft

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