Offloading

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act by which something is offloaded. countable, uncountable

    "However there is a significant number of offloadings in the regional tuna database which do not identify the port at which the offloading took place […]"

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of offload form-of, gerund, participle, present

    "A new site for a fully mechanised unloading terminal, to achieve quick offloading of the ore to special trains, was therefore selected at General Terminus Quay, on the south side of the Clyde [...]."

Synonyms

All synonyms
discharge

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"However there is a significant number of offloadings in the regional tuna database which do not identify the port at which the offloading took place […]"

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