freighter
a vessel used mainly for carrying cargo.
a large aircraft or spacecraft used primarily for transporting cargo and equipment: The space station of the future will be supplied by robot freighters.
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At first, these so-called “cabin freighters” airlifted ventilators, masks, and other crucial medical supplies to hard-hit hospitals.
Air Canada is gearing up for a new phase of the pandemic | Nicolás Rivero | February 3, 2022 | QuartzCathay Pacific said the three individuals were freighter pilots who flew cargo, not passenger, planes.
Delta variant dangerous during pregnancy, CDC reports say | Andrew Jeong, Adela Suliman, Laurie McGinley, Paulina Villegas | November 19, 2021 | Washington PostThe world's maritime industry — from ferries to freighters — is trying to navigate a once-in-a-century transition away from fossil fuels to new, cleaner means of propulsion.
Lightning flashes are more frequent along shipping routes, where freighters emit particulates into the air, than in the surrounding ocean.
There are many other coastal freighter types that are similar in size and energy demand.’
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The 7,000-ton freighter is still stocked with sake bottles and four fighter planes, and it is encircled by gray reef.
The red bottom-plates of a submarine freighter came rolling up behind the surge to show how futile was the might of man.
Astounding Stories, May, 1931 | VariousJandron only means that Miss Mallen is much more comfortable on this passenger-ship than she'd be in your freighter.
The Sargasso of Space | Edmond HamiltonUmmm—seems so—wasn't she the big freighter that disappeared many years ago?
Security | Poul William AndersonThe freighter had a long black-snake whip, and was snapping it about the ears of the leaders.
Motor Matt's Daring, or, True to His Friends | Stanley R. MatthewsThe two machines glided up the slope, leaving the baffled and swearing freighter far behind.
Motor Matt's Daring, or, True to His Friends | Stanley R. Matthews
British Dictionary definitions for freighter
/ (ˈfreɪtə) /
a ship or aircraft designed for transporting cargo
a person concerned with the loading or chartering of a ship
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