cargo
/ˈkɑɹɡoʊ/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.19 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A village in Kingmoor parish, Carlisle, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY3659).
Countable; Uncountable
name
A locality in the Cabonne council area, central New South Wales, Australia.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "The plane was overloaded with cargo. It was a cargo of live animals."
- ""[…]her whole and entire cargo; and, also, all such other cargoes and property as may have been landed in the island of Teneriffe,[…]""
- ""[…]but human life is worth more than ships or cargos.""
- "How will heaven be filled if the earth ceases to send its cargoes?"
- "A battery of several microcannons can be used to fire the drug cargoes at different times and different depths. “We have been working on nanomachines over the past decade,” Joseph Wang, chairman of nanoengineering at UCSD, said. “One of the challenges we considered is to deliver therapeutic cargo deep."
- "The principal change was that two of the 'satans', Kilibob and Manup, were now identified by different groups as God and Jesus Christ, as cargo deities. This expressed the return to hostility towards Europeans and a reassessment of native rights to the cargo."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
- Root: *ḱers-, carricō
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈkɑɹɡoʊ/
- British English: /ˈkɑːɡəʊ/