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freighter

[frey-ter] / ˈfreɪ tər /
NOUN
truck
Synonyms
STRONGEST
car crate jeep lorry pickup rig van wagon
STRONG
buggy carryall dump semi wheels
WEAK
eighteen-wheeler four by eight four by four four-wheel drive

Example Sentences

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In one operation about 35 nautical miles from the small island of Gavdos, off Crete, a coastguard vessel, a Danish freighter and a helicopter took 365 people off a fishing boat, according to the agency.

From Barron's • Dec. 26, 2025

The freighter was quickly unloaded and flew back to China carrying only empty pallets.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 18, 2025

It halted work at Boeing's major factories in the Seattle region, paralysing production of the 737, the 777 and the 767 freighter.

From BBC • Jan. 14, 2025

The freighter, ordered by Taiwan’s EVA Air, took off for Taipei on April 8, according to FlightRadar24 data.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 8, 2024

Miss Trixie was watching a freighter from Monrovia depart with a dockful of International Harvester tractors.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole