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noun

consignment

CEFR C2

goods carried by a large vehicle

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Six example sentences with consignment, each labelled with its topic.

  • The whole consignment arrived on one truck, and the warehouse team unloaded four hundred boxes before the shift ended.

    Business

  • A consignment of olive oil reached the restaurant by lorry, forty cases packed in straw and still cool.

    Cooking

  • Customs held the museum's consignment for a week, so the crated sculptures sat in a truck bay across town.

    Art

  • A consignment of wool left the abbey by cart each spring, bound for weavers three days' ride away.

    History

  • The consignment of vaccines traveled by refrigerated truck, and a nurse checked the temperature log before signing.

    Medicine

  • The consignment of new pianos arrived on a flatbed truck, and the movers took a day to carry six upstairs.

    Music

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