Container vs. Cargo

Containernoun

Someone who contains; something that contains.

Containernoun

An item in which objects, materials or data can be stored or transported.

Containernoun

(transportation) A very large, typically metal, box used for transporting goods.

Containernoun

(by extension) Someone who holds people in their seats or in a (reasonably) calm state.

Containernoun

(computing) A file format that can hold various types of data.

Containernoun

(object-oriented programming) An abstract data type whose instances are collections of other objects.

Containernoun

Any user interface component that can hold further (child) components.

Containernoun

One who, or that which, contains; particularly, an artifactual object that is designed to contain some fluid or solid material, object or objects, especially for convenience in transporting the contained objects.

Containernoun

a large metallic box designed to hold many smaller boxes or packages, and used for convenience in loading and unloading large quantities of freight, such as on ships, trains, or airplanes.

Containernoun

any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another)

Containernoun

an object for holding or transporting something

Containernoun

a large metal box of a standard design and size used for the transport of goods by road, rail, sea, or air

Container

A container is any receptacle or enclosure for holding a product used in storage, packaging, and transportation, including shipping. Things kept inside of a container are protected by being inside of its structure.

Cargonoun

Freight carried by a ship, aircraft, or motor vehicle.

Cargonoun

(Papua New Guinea) Western material goods.

Cargonoun

The lading or freight of a ship or other vessel; the goods, merchandise, or whatever is conveyed in a vessel or boat; load; freight.

Cargonoun

goods carried by a large vehicle

Cargo

In economics, the word cargo refers in particular to goods or produce being conveyed—generally for commercial gain—by water, air or land. Freight is the price paid to carry cargo.