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unloadto remove goods from a vehicle, ship, or container

Part of speech: VERB

Definition: to remove goods from a vehicle, ship, or container

Pronunciation (IPA): /ʌnˈloʊd/

Example Sentences

  • My back hurts from unloading my mother-in-law's 47 shopping bags from her weekend trip.
  • The delivery workers will unload the furniture tomorrow morning.
  • He tried to unload his boring stories on everyone at the party.

unload

VERB

[/ʌnˈloʊd/]

to remove goods from a vehicle, ship, or container

two delivery workers lift heavy cardboard boxes from the back of an open delivery truck. One worker stands inside the truck bed passing boxes down while the other receives them on the dock. The truck's cargo area gradually becomes more empty as boxes pile up on the loading platform. A forklift operator waits nearby to transport the growing stack of packages. Other warehouse workers move around organizing the delivered goods into neat rows.  goods being removed from a vehicle for storage or distribution
💡 Concept

two delivery workers lift heavy cardboard boxes from the back of an open delivery truck. One worker stands inside the truck bed passing boxes down while the other receives them on the dock. The truck's cargo area gradually becomes more empty as boxes pile up on the loading platform. A forklift operator waits nearby to transport the growing stack of packages. Other warehouse workers move around organizing the delivered goods into neat rows. goods being removed from a vehicle for storage or distribution

Unload the cargo, watch fireworks explode, while secrets decode!
🎵 Rhyme

Unload the cargo, watch fireworks explode, while secrets decode!

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🎤Pronunciation

🇺🇸 US/ʌnˈloʊd/
🇬🇧 UK/ʌnˈləʊd/

🌳Etymology

Prefixun--
Rootload

🎵Rhyme

reloadexplodedecodeerode
reload
explode
decode
erode

🔗Collocations

unload cargo
unload a truck
unload inventory
unload quickly
unload completely
unload safely

📝Examples

😄 Fun example

My back hurts from unloading my mother-in-law's 47 shopping bags from her weekend trip.

The delivery workers will unload the furniture tomorrow morning.

😄 Fun example

He tried to unload his boring stories on everyone at the party.

The port workers unload containers 24 hours a day.

📚Related Words

Synonyms

dischargeoffloadunpackemptyremove

Antonyms

loadpackfill

Related

cargofreightdeliveryshippingwarehouse

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