FREIGHTER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does freighter mean? 

• FREIGHTER (noun)
  The noun FREIGHTER has 1 sense:

1. a cargo ship

  Familiarity information: FREIGHTER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FREIGHTER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A cargo ship

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

bottom; freighter; merchant ship; merchantman

Context example:

they did much of their overseas trade in foreign bottoms

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

cargo ship; cargo vessel (a ship designed to carry cargo)

Derivation:

freight (load with goods for transportation)

freight (transport commercially as cargo)