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kuljetus — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • carriage noun The act of conveying; carrying.
  • drop noun A small round blob of liquid.
  • freight noun Goods transported in bulk by ship, train, truck, or aircraft.
  • shipment noun A batch of goods sent together to a destination.
  • shipping noun The business or process of transporting goods.
  • transit noun The act or process of passing through or across a place.
  • transport verb To carry people or goods from one place to another.
  • transportation noun The act or system of moving people or goods; especially the common American term for this.

Senses

kuljetus is used for these senses in English:

  • carriage The act of conveying; carrying.
  • drop An instance of making a delivery of people, supplies, or things, especially by parachute out of an aircraft (an airdrop), but also by truck, etc.
  • freight (uncountable) The transportation of goods (originally by water; now also (chiefly, US) by land); also, the hiring of a vehicle or vessel for such transportation.
  • shipment A load of goods that is transported by any method (not just by ship).
  • shipment The act of transporting goods.
  • shipping The transportation of goods.
  • transit The conveyance of people or goods from one place to another, especially on a public transportation system; the vehicles used for such conveyance.
  • transport An act of transporting; conveyance.

carriage — full definition

  1. noun The act of conveying; carrying.
  2. noun A means of conveyance.
  3. noun A (mostly four-wheeled) lighter vehicle chiefly designed to transport people, generally drawn by horse power.
  4. noun Ellipsis of railway carriage (“a passenger railroad car, or any railroad car”).

drop — full definition

  1. noun A small round blob of liquid.
  2. verb To let something fall, or to fall oneself.
  3. verb To release something (a song, product, or piece of information) to the public.
  4. verb To stop doing, discuss, or associate with something; to abandon it.

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