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transload

transload verb: to transfer (a shipment) from one mode of transportation to another.

Verb

transload (third-person singular simple present transloads, present participle transloading, simple past and past participle transloaded)

  1. (transitive) To transfer (a shipment) from one mode of transportation to another.
    Synonyms:
    transship
  2. (Internet, rare, transitive) To download, upload, or copy a file from one location to another.
    • You may have transloaded the image file to the same server as your Web page, or you may be linking directly to its location in a graphics collection.2000, Brad Hill, WebTV For Dummies, page 235

Synonyms of transload

Forms of transload

third-person singular presenttransloads
present participletransloading
past participletransloaded
pasttransloaded

Origin of transload

From trans- + load.

Words formed from transload

Questions about transload

What does transload mean?
Transload means to transfer (a shipment) from one mode of transportation to another.
What part of speech is transload?
Transload is a verb.
What is the past tense of transload?
The past tense of transload is transloaded.

Words near transload in the dictionary

  1. transliterations
  2. transliterator
  3. transliterators
  4. translits
  5. translits.
  6. transload
  7. transloaded
  8. transloader
  9. transloaders
  10. transloading
  11. transloadings

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