shipment

noun

Definition of shipmentnext
as in cargo

Related Words

Relevance

Example Sentences

Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of shipment That suffering has intensified with every Israeli bomb dropped on ambulances waiting outside hospitals, every drone strike targeting a residential building or journalist, and every shipment of food aid turned away at a border crossing. — Jesse Zanger, CBS News, 7 Oct. 2026 However, the company said beer depletions, a measure of sales from distributors to retailers and other customers, declined slightly during the quarter, indicating consumer demand was softer than shipment growth suggests. — Brandon Gomez, CNBC, 7 Oct. 2026 Even local landmarks can have a part in shameful history, with de Courcy noting that Memorial Auditorium was a staging area for the shipment of Japanese American residents to internment camps for during World War II. — Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 5 Oct. 2026 Lundy could barely contain her excitement when a shipment of nearly 500 tadpoles recently arrived from the San Diego Zoo. — ABC News, 29 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for shipment
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shipment
  1. cargo
  2. package
  3. freight
  4. loading
  5. load
  6. bale
  7. packet
  8. lading
Noun
  • The Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement that its forces carried out drone strikes on logistics centers, port infrastructure and three cargo ships in the port of Reni in the Odesa region.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Many participate in the miraculous art of flying and maintaining enormous airplanes, or picking up cargo to take across our greater multi-county region of millions.
    — Daniel Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of cargo
Noun
  • At the top end, the Ultimate VIP Hospitality package will cost $1,150.
    — Jim Edwards, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
  • In a world where packages vanish off front porches faster than snacks at a party, leaving your home's perimeter up to chance is an extreme sport nobody signed up for.
    — Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of package
Noun
  • Record-high diesel prices pushed freight off the highway and onto the railroads in the third quarter, lifting CSX, Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern to record revenue.
    — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Commercial, defense-ready Natilus is developing KONA for the commercial regional freight market while pursuing potential military applications.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of freight
Noun
  • The objective was to verify safety aspects, logistical parameters related to handling and loading, as well as the system’s ability to manage pressure and blast effects during launch.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Retail job postings have gone up 61%, Indeed said, but other roles are also available with loading and stocking jobs up 9%, sales roles increasing 8% and customer service positions rising 6%, as shoppers continue to purchase items online.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of loading
Noun
  • In some cases, data centers can operate as flexible loads, adjusting their electricity use to help stabilize the grid.
    — April Roach, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2026
  • At the same time, reducing the amount of energy entering the system eases the load on mitochondria and reduces oxidative stress.
    — Rowan Jacobsen, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of load
Noun
  • The captain and seven crew members were rescued, and Nantucket residents spent two weeks recovering hundreds of bales of cotton.
    — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2026
  • At the next checkpoint, however, soldiers pulled back the bales to reveal the Cadillac and the Ram.
    — Steve Fisher Special Correspondent Follow, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2026
Definition of bale
Noun
  • There are six packets of seaweed snacks that are very lightly coated in a sweet and spicy barbecue sauce.
    — Alex Beggs, Bon Appetit Magazine, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Wood panel in front of the three-compartment sink is not smooth and easily cleanable and container used for butter packets is cracked.
    — NWA Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas Online, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of packet
Noun
  • Cargill built a large soybean-lading facility at Santarem, some 500 miles up the Amazon.
    — Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 4 Jan. 2026
  • One example can be as simple as shipments that are missing bills of lading or origin documents.
    — Forbes, Forbes, 1 June 2021
Definition of lading

Browse Nearby Words

shipmen
shipment
shipments
See all Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

“Shipment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shipment. Accessed 28 Oct. 2026.

Copy Citation
Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!

Last Updated: - Updated example sentences

More from Merriam-Webster

Word of the Day

Listen to the pronunciation of grotesque

See Definitions and Examples »

Popular in Grammar & Usage

See More

How to Use 'Who' vs. 'Whom'

Merriam-Webster’s Great Big List of Words You Love to Hate

'Affect' vs. 'Effect'

'A' or 'an'? What about before 'h'? An Indefinite Article Guide

Why is '-ed' sometimes pronounced at the end of a word?
See More

Popular in Wordplay

See More

The Longest Long Words List

9 Words That Sound Like Insults But Aren't

12 Lovely and Unusual Words for the Natural World

Why do we 'bury the lede?'

'Za' and 9 Other Words to Help You Win at SCRABBLE
See More

Popular

See More

How to Use 'Who' vs. 'Whom'

The Longest Long Words List

9 Words That Sound Like Insults But Aren't
See More

Games & Quizzes

See All
Play Quordle: Guess all four words in a limited number of tries. Each of your guesses must be a real 5-letter word.
Quordle Can you solve 4 words at once?
Play Blossom: Solve today's spelling word game by finding as many words as you can using just 7 letters. Longer words score more points.
Blossom Pick the best words!
Play Missing Letter: a crossword with a twist. Each of the 25 puzzle words start with a different letter of the alphabet. Which letter is missing?
The Missing Letter A daily crossword with a twist
different halloween monsters in silhouette
A Monstrous Vocab Quiz Words That Go Bump in the Night
See All