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SHIPMENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does shipment mean? 

SHIPMENT (noun)
  The noun SHIPMENT has 2 senses:

1. goods carried by a large vehicleplay

2. the act of sending off somethingplay

  Familiarity information: SHIPMENT used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SHIPMENT (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Goods carried by a large vehicle

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

cargo; consignment; freight; lading; load; loading; payload; shipment

Hypernyms ("shipment" is a kind of...):

merchandise; product; ware (commodities offered for sale)

Derivation:

ship (transport commercially)


Sense 2

Meaning:

The act of sending off something

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

despatch; dispatch; shipment

Hypernyms ("shipment" is a kind of...):

departure; going; going away; leaving (the act of departing)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "shipment"):

reshipment (the act of shipping again (especially by transferring to another ship))

Derivation:

ship (transport commercially)


 Context examples 


The shipment of blood products under controlled conditions.

(Blood Product Distribution, NCI Thesaurus)

A place where drugs are received from manufacturer and stored for future shipment to other sites.

(Pharmacy Distribution Center, NCI Thesaurus)

All written, printed, or graphic matter accompanying an article at any time while such article is in interstate commerce or held for sale after shipment or delivery in interstate commerce.

(Labeling, NCI Thesaurus)



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