lading

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/ˈleɪdɪŋ/

noun

The action of loading.

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loadingfreightloadpayloadshipmentconsignmentcargo
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Meanings

nounlading (countable and uncountable, plural ladings)

plural ladings

  1. countableThe action of loading.

    Synonyms: loading

  2. uncountableShipment, cargo, freight.

    the ship remained there, in providing his lading and preparing for his voyage, nearly three months[…]

    1719 May 6 (Gregorian calendar), [Daniel Defoe], The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, […], London: […] W[illiam] Taylor […], →OCLC
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    The B-end of car DJJX 30478 […] was relatively intact but was surrounded by scrap steel lading from the car, which had been released to the track surface […] The bathtub gondola car structural features produced a car that could carry more lading and provided a relatively obstruction-free car interior which, when combined with the rotary dump feature, permitted the free-flow of granular lading and rapid evacuation of the load with little or no residue left in the car.

    2023, Transportation Safety Board of Canada, Rail transportation safety investigation report R19T0107

    Synonyms: freight, load, payload, shipment, consignment

  3. countablefigurativelyuncountableBurden.

    Nor could I weary, heart or limb, ⁠When mighty Love would cleave in twain ⁠The lading of a single pain, And part it, giving half to him.

    1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto XXV”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 42
verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of lade

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe action of loading.

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loading

nounShipment, cargo, freight.

Similar
freightloadpayloadshipmentconsignment

More synonyms by meaning

noungoods carried by a large vehicle

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cargofreightloadloadingpayloadshipmentconsignment
Broader
merchandisewareproduct
Also see
cargoconsignmentfreightloadloadingpayloadshipment

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

Gerund of lade (verb). Cognate with Dutch lading (“cargo, charge”), German Ladung (“cargo, charge”), Polish ładunek (“cargo, charge”), Swedish laddning (“charge”). Doublet of loading.

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Translations

Bulgarian натоварване, товар
  • натоварване (natovarvane)the action of loading
  • товар (tovar)shipment, cargo, freight
  • карго (kargo)shipment, cargo, freight
Chinese Mandarin 裝載 /装载, 貨物 /货物
  • 裝載 /装载 (zhuāngzài)the action of loading
  • 貨物 /货物 (huòwù)shipment, cargo, freight
Czech nakládka, náklad
  • nakládkathe action of loading
  • nákladshipment, cargo, freight
French chargement
  • chargementshipment, cargo, freight
Russian погру́зка, груз
  • погру́зка (pogrúzka)the action of loading
  • груз (gruz)shipment, cargo, freight
  • фрахт (fraxt)shipment, cargo, freight
  • перево́зка (perevózka)shipment, cargo, freight

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with lading

tradinggradingfadingshadingdegradingaidingwadingbraidingbladingarcading
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Anagrams

ligand
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APA

lading. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lading

MLA

“lading.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lading. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lading,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lading.

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