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cross-docking

cross-docking noun: freight terminal management practice of loading the cargo unloaded from inbound transport to the outbound transport with little or no storage in between.

Noun

cross-docking (uncountable)

  1. (logistics) freight terminal management practice of loading the cargo unloaded from inbound transport to the outbound transport with little or no storage in between

Questions about cross-docking

What does cross-docking mean?
Cross-docking means freight terminal management practice of loading the cargo unloaded from inbound transport to the outbound transport with little or no storage in between.
What part of speech is cross-docking?
Cross-docking is a noun.

Words near cross-docking in the dictionary

  1. cross-desensitization
  2. cross-disciplinarity
  3. cross-disciplinary
  4. cross-division
  5. cross-divisions
  6. cross-docking
  7. cross-dress
  8. cross-dressed
  9. cross-dresser
  10. cross-dressers
  11. cross-dresses

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