airfreight

[ air-freyt ]

/ ˈɛərˌfreɪt /

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noun

air freight.

verb (used with object)

to send or ship by air freight: to airfreight French bread to the U.S.

verb (used without object)

to ship cargo by air freight: During the truckers' strike we had to airfreight.

adjective

of, relating to, or involved in air freight: the airfreight business.

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Origin of airfreight

First recorded in 1925–30; air¹ + freight

Words nearby airfreight

airfoil, Air Force, Air Force Cross, Air Force One, airframe, airfreight, air freshener, air frost, air gap, air gas, air gauge

Other definitions for airfreight (2 of 2)

air freight

noun

a system of transporting freight by aircraft: Ship it by air freight.

freight transported by aircraft.

the charge for such transportation.

Also airfreight.

Origin of air freight

First recorded in 1925–30

OTHER WORDS FROM air freight

air freighter, noun

How to use airfreight in a sentence

In 2016, the geochemists Jonas Tusch and Carsten Münker hammered a thousand pounds of rock from the Australian Outback and airfreighted it home to Cologne, Germany.
Scientists Pin Down When Earth’s Crust Cracked, Then Came to Life|Howard Lee|March 25, 2021|Quanta Magazine
As airfreight capacity has fallen, demand has grown as the United States brings in medical supplies from overseas to battle the virus and consumers shift their shopping online to avoid stores.
Cargo pilots increasingly falling ill with coronavirus, unions say, even as they prepare to help distribute vaccine|Ian Duncan|November 23, 2020|Washington Post
Cargo rates jumped after thousands of passenger planes, which carry more than half of airfreight, were grounded due to the travel restrictions.
Airlines are trying to develop an alternative to the 14-day quarantine|Claire Zillman, reporter|October 19, 2020|Fortune

British Dictionary definitions for airfreight

air freight

noun

freight transported by aircraft

verb air-freight

(tr) to send (goods) to their destination by aircraft

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