freighter
/ˈfɹeɪtə/US/ˈfɹeɪtɚ/
freighter noun: one who loads a ship.
Noun
freighter (plural freighters)
- One who loads a ship.
- Near-synonyms: docker, dockworker, stevedore, longshoreman; loader
- Synonyms:
- lader, docker, dockworker, stevedore, longshoreman, loader
- One who charters and loads a ship.
- Near-synonym: charterer
- Synonyms:
- charterer
- One employed in receiving and forwarding freight.
- One for whom freight is transported.
- A ship used mainly to carry freight.
- cargo freighter
- oil freighter
- Synonyms:
- cargo ship
- An aircraft used mainly to carry freight; a cargo aircraft or cargo plane.
- Synonyms:
- airfreighter
freighter meaning in Malayalam
freighter in Malayalam
- ചരക്കുകപ്പൽ, ചരക്കുകൾ കയറ്റി അയയ്ക്കുന്ന ഏജൻറ്
Examples of freighter in a sentence
- The cargo was shipped across the ocean on a large freighter.
- A Chinese freighter was spotted entering the harbor.
Synonyms of freighter
Forms of freighter
| plural | freighters |
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Origin of freighter
From freight + -er.
Words formed from freighter
Words that rhyme with freighter
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- alligator
- vibrator
- terminator
- waiter
- crater
- curator
- gaiter
- incubator
- plater
- pulsator
- skater
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- cater
- collator
- creator
- dictator
- equator
- escalator
- greater
- later
- relator
- rotator
- collimator
- dilator
- excavator
- frater
- gator
- inflater
- locator
- narrator
- palpator
- saeter
- slater
- traitor
- viator
- awaiter
- baiter
- citator
- corrugator
- dater
- deflator
- dominator
- emasculator
- glossator
- gyrator
- hater
- hydrator
- legator
- levator
- mandator
- mater
- migrator
- negator
- nitrator
- plaiter
- procreator
- spectator
- tater
- titrator
- 'mater
Questions about freighter
- What does freighter mean?
- Freighter means one who loads a ship.
- What is freighter in Malayalam?
- Freighter in Malayalam is ചരക്കുകപ്പൽ, ചരക്കുകൾ കയറ്റി അയയ്ക്കുന്ന ഏജൻറ്. See Freighter meaning in Malayalam.
- How do you use freighter in a sentence?
- The cargo was shipped across the ocean on a large freighter.
- What part of speech is freighter?
- Freighter is a noun.
- How do you pronounce freighter?
- Freighter is pronounced /ˈfɹeɪtɚ/ (US).
- What is the plural of freighter?
- The plural of freighter is freighters.
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