Meanings
plural shipments
- countableuncountableA load of goods that is transported by any method (not just by ship).
We're expecting another shipment of oranges tomorrow.
2 more examples
The United States paused a shipment of bombs to Israel amid concerns over their potential use in a Rafah incursion, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin confirmed on Wednesday.
2024 May 7, Oren Liebermann, “US paused shipment of bombs to Israel amid concerns over potential use in Rafah incursion”, in CNN, archived from the original on 18 Jun 2024The de minimis exemption, as it’s known, allowed shipments of goods worth $800 or less to come into the United States duty-free, often more or less skipping time-consuming inspections and paperwork.
2025 May 2, Elisabeth Buchwald, Ramishah Maruf, “A massive tariff on millions of Americans’ purchases just went into effect — cue the chaos”, in CNN Business, archived from the original on 09 Jun 2025 - countableuncountableThe act of transporting goods.
Shipment of hazardous waste on this route is strictly prohibited.
Synonyms & antonyms
noungoods carried by a large vehicle
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Bulgarian пра́тка, изпра́щане
- пра́тка (prátka)load of goods
- изпра́щане (izpráštane)the act of transporting goods
Chinese Mandarin 運輸 /运输
- 運輸 /运输 (yùnshū)the act of transporting goods
Czech zásilka
- zásilkaload of goods
Danish forsendelse, parti
- forsendelseload of goods
- partiload of goods
- sendingload of goods
- leveranceload of goods
Dutch scheepslading, verscheping
- scheepsladingload of goods
- verschepingthe act of transporting goods
- (het) verschepenthe act of transporting goods
Esperanto ekspedaĵo
- ekspedaĵoload of goods
Finnish kuljetus, toimitus
- kuljetusload of goods
- toimitusload of goods
- lähetysload of goods
- kuljetusthe act of transporting goods
- kuljettaminenthe act of transporting goods
French cargaison
- cargaisonload of goods
German Lieferung, Transport
- Lieferungload of goods
- Transportthe act of transporting goods
- Lieferungthe act of transporting goods
Hindi खेप
- खेप (khep)load of goods
Italian carico
- caricoload of goods
Norwegian Bokmål forsendelse
- forsendelseload of goods
Polish przesyłka, transport
- przesyłkaload of goods
- transportload of goods
Portuguese carregamento
- carregamentoload of goods
Russian отпра́вка, отгру́зка
- отпра́вка (otprávka)load of goods
- отгру́зка (otgrúzka)load of goods
- перево́зка (perevózka)the act of transporting goods
- грузоперево́зка (gruzoperevózka)the act of transporting goods
Slovak zásielka
- zásielkaload of goods
Spanish cargamento, envío
- cargamentoload of goods
- envíoload of goods
- encargoload of goods
- remesaload of goods
- transportethe act of transporting goods
- envíothe act of transporting goods
Swedish försändelse
- försändelseload of goods
Turkish parti, taşınma
- partiload of goods
- taşınmathe act of transporting goods
Cite this entry
shipment. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shipment
“shipment.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shipment. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “shipment,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shipment.
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