Phrase Hound found 38 phrases and 22 compound words that contain freight. The most common are listed below. Open freight in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 38
- freight trainA railway train used for the transportation of freight (goods).
- air-freightTo ship cargo by the use of aircraft.
- cost and freightA scheme whereby the seller pays for transportation to the port of loading, cost and freight, and the buyer pays for the insurance and the rest of the transportation.
- pay the freightTo pay for the cost of transport.
- dead freightA sum of money paid by a person who charters a whole vessel but fails to make out a full cargo. The payment is made for the unoccupied capacity.
- freight yardA rail yard for freight cars, typically designed for loading and unloading cargo and sorting locomotives.
- rail freightFreight (or goods) transported by train.
- paid the freightsimple past and past participle of pay the freight
- paying the freightpresent participle and gerund of pay the freight
- pays the freightthird-person singular simple present indicative of pay the freight: To pay for the cost of transport.
- freight wagonSynonym of goods wagon: A railway wagon for carrying freight.
- freight carA railway wagon for carrying goods.
- freight carsplural of freight car: A railway wagon for carrying goods.
- freight truckSynonym of truck (“a railroad car, chiefly one designed to carry goods”).
- freight trainsplural of freight train: A railway train used for the transportation of freight (goods).
- freight bicycleSynonym of cargo bike: A bicycle designed for carrying large or heavy loads; by extension, any other pedal cycle such as a tricycle or quadricycle designed in this way.
- time freightFreight for movement on regularly scheduled trains providing expedited service and a guaranteed delivery time.
- freight bicyclesplural of freight bicycle: A bicycle designed for carrying large or heavy loads; by extension, any other pedal cycle such as a tricycle or quadricycle designed in this way.
- freight operating companyA company that runs freight trains on the national railway network in Great Britain under license from the government.
- freight hoppingAlternative spelling of freighthopping: The act of surreptitiously boarding and riding a railroad freight car.
- freight hoppersplural of freight hopper: One who engages in freighthopping.
- freight tricycleSynonym of bakfiets: A bicycle or tricycle with a long wheelbase between the front wheel and handlebars holding a large box, originally used solely to transport goods but now also commonly for carrying young children.
- freight trucksplural of freight truck: Synonym of truck (“a railroad car, chiefly one designed to carry goods”).
- freight yardsplural of freight yard: A rail yard for freight cars, typically designed for loading and unloading cargo and sorting locomotives.
- freight-onlyDescribing a railway line that is used only by freight trains
Compound words 22
- airfreightThe transportation of freight by air.
- afreightFilled or charged (with something).
- freightwagonAny vehicle, such as a cart, wagon, lorry, truck, or boxcar, used for carrying or transporting goods; a cargo truck.
- freightableCapable of being freighted; transportable.
- freightageThe transportation of goods.
- freighthopperOne who engages in freighthopping.
- freighthoppingThe act of surreptitiously boarding and riding a railroad freight car.
- freightlessWithout freight.
- freightyardA yard where goods to be transported are stored.
- nonfreightNot of or pertaining to freight.