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cargons

cargons is the plural of cargon.

Meaning of cargon

Noun

cargon (plural cargons)

  1. (New Zealand) A type of wheeled pallet used for movement of goods without the need of a forklift.
    • Each traverser carries two flat trays known as "cargons". These have wheels set into their undersides, and two cargons — each roughly 16 ft. long and holding some three tons of miscellaneous freight — together fill the hold of a Bristol Freighter.1952, “New Zealand Air Ferry”, in Air Pictorial and Air Reserve Gazette, volume 14, Air League of the British Empire, page 358

Questions about cargons

What is cargons the plural of?
Cargons is the plural of cargon.

Words near cargons in the dictionary

  1. cargoism
  2. cargoless
  3. cargoman
  4. cargomen
  5. cargon
  6. cargons
  7. cargoose
  8. cargoplane
  9. cargoplanes
  10. cargos
  11. cargoship

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