HOW TO PRONOUNCE
shipment
/ˈʃɪpmənt/
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What does shipment mean?
noun
- A load of goods that is transported by any method (not just by ship).
- The act of transporting goods.
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The heads and skins should be very carefully sun-dried and packed in tin-lined cases with plenty of moth-killer for shipment home.
Stone-yards thronged with busy workmen, chipping stone for shipment to cities along the Danube, are a feature of these river-side villages.
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Onion sets are largely produced in Orange county, near Los Angeles, for eastern shipment, for which purpose they are grown under contract.
Tobacco can be raised on small areas far from the railroad, as, when properly cured and packed for shipment, it is not perishable.
In Sydney I visited a huge establishment where they kill and clean and solidly freeze a thousand sheep a day, for shipment to England.