airfreight
airfreight noun: the transportation of freight by air.
Noun
airfreight (uncountable)
- The transportation of freight by air.
- The amount charged for such transport.
Verb
airfreight (third-person singular simple present airfreights, present participle airfreighting, simple past and past participle airfreighted)
- To transport by air.
- And I've told you a hundred times, Mac, draft beer is too expensive to airfreight in.1992, Dana Stabenow, A Cold Day for Murder, →ISBN, page 65
- Caught the day before far off the coast of West Africa, they have been airfreighted to London for dinner.2008 January 15, Elisabeth Rosenthal, “Europe’s Appetite for Seafood Propels Illegal Trade”, in New York Times
Forms of airfreight
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| alternative form | air freight |
| alternative form | air-freight |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | airfreights |
| present participle | airfreighting |
| past participle | airfreighted |
| past | airfreighted |
Origin of airfreight
From air + freight.
Questions about airfreight
- What does airfreight mean?
- Airfreight means the transportation of freight by air.
- What part of speech is airfreight?
- Airfreight can be a noun or a verb.
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