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freight

/fɹeɪt/

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Rhyme it with “weight.”

Keep the opening f and r together, then use the vowel of day. The written eigh represents that single vowel; finish with t without adding another syllable.

1 syllable

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“The train carries freight across the country.”

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What does freight mean?

noun

  1. The transportation of goods (originally by water; now also (chiefly US) by land); also, the hiring of a vehicle or vessel for such transportation.
  2. Goods or items in transport; cargo, luggage.
  3. Payment for transportation.
More meanings (9)

noun

  1. (figuratively) A burden, a load.
  2. (figuratively) Cultural or emotional associations.
  3. Ellipsis of freight train.

verb

  1. To load (a vehicle or vessel) with freight (cargo); also, to hire or rent out (a vehicle or vessel) to carry cargo or passengers.
  2. To transport (goods).
  3. To load or store (goods, etc.).
  4. (figuratively) To carry (something) as if it is a burden or load.
  5. (figuratively) Chiefly followed by up: to carry as part of a cargo.

adjective

  1. (obsolete) Freighted; laden.
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IPA pronunciation

/fɹeɪt/

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In the pages of books

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Ray Kennedy had stuck to the freight service, although he had had opportunities to go into the passenger service at higher pay.
Willa CatherThe Song of the LarkProject Gutenberg ebook #44
After leaving Walker Lake the sage-brush country began, and the freight rolled heavily over tracks that threw off visible layers of heat.
Frank NorrisMcTeague: A Story of San FranciscoProject Gutenberg ebook #165
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If not, I waited for a freight, for I could sleep better in a freight car than in a Pullman--it cost less.
James J. (James John) DavisThe Iron Puddler: My Life in the Rolling Mills and What Came of ItProject Gutenberg ebook #1297
A country which carried on foreign trade merely upon this account, could scarce have occasion to freight a ship in a century.
Adam SmithAn Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of NationsProject Gutenberg ebook #3300
Long trains of these ox-teams are met with this morning hauling freight and building-lumber from the railway terminus in Eoumelia to Sofia.
Thomas StevensAround the World on a Bicycle - Volume I From San Francisco to TeheranProject Gutenberg ebook #5136