Meanings
alternative air freight · alternative air-freight
- uncountableThe transportation of freight by air.
present singular third person airfreights · participle present airfreighting · participle past airfreighted · past airfreighted · alternative air freight · alternative air-freight
- transitiveTo transport by air.
And I've told you a hundred times, Mac, draft beer is too expensive to airfreight in.
1992, Dana Stabenow, A Cold Day for Murder, →ISBN, page 651 more example
Caught the day before far off the coast of West Africa, they have been airfreighted to London for dinner.
2008 January 15, Elisabeth Rosenthal, “Europe’s Appetite for Seafood Propels Illegal Trade”, in New York Times
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
German Luftfracht, Luftfracht
- Luftfrachttransportation of freight
- Luftfrachtair transportation charge
Polish fracht lotniczy, fracht lotniczy
- fracht lotniczytransportation of freight
- fracht lotniczyair transportation charge
Russian авиафрахт, авиафрахт
- авиафрахт (aviafraxt)transportation of freight
- авиафрахт (aviafraxt)air transportation charge
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airfreight. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/airfreight
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