barge
noun/bɑrdʒ/
Frequency rank: #7,621 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
a flat-bottomed boat used for carrying heavy goods on rivers or canals.
Example sentence
The workers loaded heavy cargo onto the barge and pushed it slowly down the river.
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