freight terminal

collocation in English

meaningsoffreightandterminal

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freight
noun[U]
uk
/freɪt/us
/freɪt/
goods, but not passengers, that are carried from one place to another, by ship, aircraft, train, or truck, or the system of transporting ...
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terminal
adjective
uk
/ˈtɜː.mɪ.nəl/us
/ˈtɝː.mə.nəl/
(of a disease or illness) leading gradually ...
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(Definition offreightandterminalfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoffreight terminal

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In the longer term we have plans for a permanentfreightterminaloutside the central area.
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My officials dealing with thefreightterminalare maintaining close contact with the agency.
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Frankly, it should have been put on the site occupied by the recently opened newfreightterminal.
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Although there is thisfreightterminalin my constituency, goods are landed on the other side of the river.
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That land is also the subject of some speculation about the provision of a railfreightterminal: a 24-hour-a-day, 365-day-a-year operation.
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I have no doubt that this plan will have something concrete to say about afreightterminalin the north-west.
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A consignment note, showing that the lorry is bound for afreightterminal, will be the appropriate evidence.
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It is planning a regionalfreightterminalfor the north-west, but it has not yet decided on the site.
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We want an urgent decision—first, because if we are not to have afreightterminal, the land could be used for something else.
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Berwick has longer-term plans for a railfreightterminal.
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He expresses doubt about thefreightterminal.
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Facilities available include a roll-on roll-offfreightterminal, a berth for car and passenger ferries and a 55-hectare dockside estate, which is quite successful.
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It needs roads to move its goods efficiently—very few companies have a railfreightterminalin their back garden—and it needs understanding of its pollution problems.
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Willesden railfreightterminalis not relevant to questions of immigration, but it still involves officials.
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Plans included a newfreightterminal, aprons, parking areas and roads.
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It has an important diesel-powered locomotives depot and afreightterminal.
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The lack of railway connection (the 1926 proposed railfreightterminalwas never realized) prevented a greater industrial development.
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Thefreightterminaluses gate numbers below 10.
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Workmen resurfaced the runway, upgraded the lighting system and built a newfreightterminal.
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To the west of the station is a majorfreightterminaland marshalling yard.
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