shipment
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Shipment
is always a great word to know.
So is bezoar. Does it mean:
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
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| —n | |
| 1. | a. goods shipped together as part of the same lot: a shipment of grain |
| b. (as modifier): a shipment schedule | |
| 2. | the act of shipping cargo |
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Example sentences
It normally takes two days or longer to release an incoming shipment.
One day four years ago, a new shipment arrived-a box full of fish, each in a plastic baggie of water.
The corn kernels will then be further dried in a special drying bin before being stored for shipment to the grain buyers.
The government sent them a shipment but in the wrong color-brown instead of blue.
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