"air-freight" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: air-freights [present, singular, third-person], air-freighting [participle, present], air-freighted [participle, past], air-freighted [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} air-freight (third-person singular simple present air-freights, present participle air-freighting, simple past and past participle air-freighted)
  1. To ship cargo by the use of aircraft. Synonyms: airfreight
    Sense id: en-air-freight-en-verb-6Lco9KRx Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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