SHIPMENT

dispatch, despatch, shipment

(noun) the act of sending off something

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

(noun) goods carried by a large vehicle

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

shipment (countable and uncountable, plural shipments)

a load of goods that is transported by any method (not just by ship)

the act of transporting goods

Source: Wiktionary


Ship"ment, n.

1. The act or process of shipping; as, he was engaged in the shipment of coal for London; an active shipment of wheat from the West.

2. That which is shipped. The question is, whether the share of M. in the shipment is exempted from condemnation by reason of his neutral domicle. Story.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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3 July 2025

SENSE

(noun) the faculty through which the external world is apprehended; “in the dark he had to depend on touch and on his senses of smell and hearing”


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