: a ship or airplane used chiefly to carry freight
Examples of freighter in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the WebThere are also miniature buildings, lighthouses and a freighter at the 18-hole course.—Tanya Wildt, Detroit Free Press, 18 May 2024 In one video, he can be heard shouting toward the freighter to ask if anyone was hurt.—Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 12 May 2024 Offshore, more grain-laden freighters had already left the port, passing vessels about to enter.—Constant Méheut, New York Times, 12 May 2024 Even massive freighters have sunk to the sea floor.—Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 6 May 2024 Reuters reported that Boeing 767 freighter is one of the most common cargo planes.—Saman Shafiq, USA TODAY, 8 May 2024 One of the most famous modern Great Lakes shipwrecks is the Edmund Fitzgerald, a freighter that also sank in Lake Superior in 1975 during a terrible gale.—Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 1 May 2024 In the midst of all that, a train crew was piloting a massive freighter between Waverly and Lincoln, Nebraska.—Owen Bellwood / Jalopnik, Quartz, 30 Apr. 2024 Experts say that the death toll was greatly minimized by the two Maryland Transportation Authority police officers who stopped traffic moments before the freighter hit.—Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 28 Mar. 2024
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