CARGO
What does "CARGO" mean?
Goods carried by a ship, aircraft, or vehicle.
Meanings
- The freight or load transported by a vessel, plane, or truck. The freighter carried a cargo of grain across the Atlantic.
- Having many large pockets, as in workwear designed to carry items. He stuffed his phone and keys into his cargo pants.
Did you know?
- The phrase 'cargo cult' is literal: after WWII forces left some Pacific islands, communities built mock runways and wooden control towers, hoping the ritual would bring back the shiploads and planeloads of goods - the cargo - that had appeared during the war.
Word origin
From Spanish 'cargo' ('a load, a charge'), from 'cargar' ('to load'), from Late Latin 'carricare' ('to load a wagon'), from Latin 'carrus' ('wheeled vehicle'); the same root gives 'charge', 'carry', and 'car'.
Remember it
CARGO = what the CAR will GO and carry; the load goes where the car goes.
A little poem
Steel boxes stacked high,
each one a stranger's whole world
crossing a black sea.
haiku
Wordplay
- Why do shorts get jealous of cargo pants? Because cargo pants carry everyone's baggage.
What it teaches
Everything in motion is somebody's freight - handle it like it matters to someone you'll never meet.
Quick facts
What does CARGO mean?
Goods carried by a ship, aircraft, or vehicle.
Is CARGO a valid word?
Yes — CARGO is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is CARGO?
CARGO has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does CARGO come from?
From Spanish 'cargo' ('a load, a charge'), from 'cargar' ('to load'), from Late Latin 'carricare' ('to load a wagon'), from Latin 'carrus' ('wheeled vehicle'); the same root gives 'charge', 'carry', and 'car'.
What can CARGO teach us?
Everything in motion is somebody's freight - handle it like it matters to someone you'll never meet.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.