noun
Meaning 1
The act by which something is unloaded.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
unloading
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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CMU ARPABET: AH0 N L OW1 D IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
verb
Meaning 2
present participle and gerund of unload
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
the labor of taking a load of something off of or out of a vehicle or ship or container etc.
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: loading
Broader terms: handling
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
12 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: descàrrega — the act
- Danish: losning — the act
- Danish: aflæsning — the act
- Danish: afsætning — the act
- French: déchargement — the act
- Georgian: გადმოტვირთვა (gadmoṭvirtva) — the act
- Indonesian: pembongkaran — the act
- Malay: pemunggahan — the act
- Norwegian Bokmål: lossing — the act
- Norwegian Nynorsk: lossing — the act
- Polish: wyładowanie — the act
- Spanish: descarga — the act